The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.
I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts.
I really like melodies.
I call myself a harp because I like the sound of the word - it is short, sharp, and abusive.
A chord is just the name of a sound.
Songs I do have to strike an emotional chord the first time I sing them.
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
I don't like using fourths and fifths. Instead, I'll come up with a harmony line made up of major and minor thirds above the melody, then I'll drop it down an octave so that the melody is on top and the harmony line is major and minor sixths below it.
Everything you do is different, and you find different chords in every character that you play that strike true with you.
The common denominator is a love of music.
My dad is in the music business in Nashville. I was the third child born in my family, and there are three notes in a chord, so that's how they came up with my name.
I always liked melody.
I don't look at a knife the way I used to. I'm more aware of what it is. I think twice. This is a key finger. It's in every chord.
How many ways can you cut a steak? How many ways can a chord go? I've been in this business so long, I know how to cut it.
People respond to something melodic.
A scale is just the notes that are in a chord played one at a time instead of together. That's what has allowed me to go through the possible notes that work with a chord and make choices about which ones I like best. I go through by ear; you can do it by theory too, but the best way is to learn by ear.
It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury.
I absolutely love music. Music is so powerful and can set the tone and change your mood.
