“A song may trigger a wave of melancholy, but the cause of your tears is the life and people tied to that melody, not the music alone.”
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Cees Nooteboom book The Following Story
The Following Story (1991)
“In the air sweet and dancing melodies of the sound, in life music is always the master.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Nell'aria dolci e danzanti melodie del suono, nella vita la musica fa sempre da padrona.
Source: prevale.net
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Ascoltate musica che scaldi il cuore, cercate melodie e incanti che regalino gioia ai vostri istanti.
Source: prevale.net
“The song is over. But the melody lingers on.”
Haruki Murakami book A Wild Sheep Chase
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1982)
Brian Andreas (1956) American artist
Variant: She waved at all the people on the train & later, when she saw they didn't wave back, she started singing songs to herself & it went that way the whole day & she couldn't remember having a better time in her life.
Source: Story People: Selected Stories & Drawings of Brian Andreas
Brad Paisley (1972) American country music singer
This Is Country Music.
Song lyrics, This Is Country Music (2011)
John Fante book Ask the Dust
Ta de da da, and I watched Camilla dancing with her beer tray. Her hair was so black, so deep and clustered, like grapes hiding her neck. This was a sacred place, this saloon. Everything here was holy, the chairs, the tables, that rag in her hand, that sawdust under her feet. She was a Mayan princess and this was her castle. I watched the tattered huaraches glide across the floor, and I wanted those huaraches. I would like them to hold in my hands against my chest when I fell asleep. I would like to hold them and breathe the odor of them.
Ask the Dust (1939)