Catchy Tunes Quotes

Making vocal hooks is my favorite thing to do. That's what I love about songwriting - making catchy stuff.

I want to be able to take singles, serve them up to radio on a silver platter and just have them smoke - just obvious great-sounding, great-feeling radio singles.

I like hooks and choruses, things people can sing to.

There are some pop songs I hate but I can't get them out of my head. Our songs also have the standard pop format: Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, bad solo. All in all, I think we sound like The Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested by Black Flag and Black Sabbath.

Jeff Buckley songs are kind of random but so catchy.

My style of songs will never get old because the music is very catchy.

The music I write is very melodic, very catchy, and fast.

When I think about 'Since U Been Gone,' I think the first thing that comes to mind is 'Livin' On A Prayer' - they're kind of like sisters, a little bit. And 'Call Me Maybe' was so wildly original, and so quirky, and so satisfying.

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies.

Commercial music is music that a lot of people connect to at the same time, but that doesn't mean it has to be something shallow or without personality.

Thank God for YouTube. Every Thanksgiving, I'm bombarded with 'Turkey Lurkey Time.'

I have a very young brother and sister, and if you can get a kid singing the words to a song after they heard it for the first time, it's a hit.

I just like music. If it's hookey and good, I dig it.

The show tune I can never get out of my head is 'Oh, What A Beautiful Morning' from 'Oklahoma!' I don't know why.

And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.

By definition pop is extremely catchy, whether you like it or not.

Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.

I hear melodies and hooks all day. I've always been that way, since I was a kid.

Melodies are far more interesting. They are there, in your face, in certain sections of the songs. People do complain about the melody thing, but we do hit patches of melody and beauty, as well as the other stuff.

The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door.

Fast is only cool if it's melodic and has substance.

I hear a really good pop song every now and then. 'ROAR' by Katy Perry, I love that! 'Poker Face'... Oh! What a song! And 'Rolling in the Deep'... Oh!

What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.

I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.