Quotes about music
music thinking rocks
Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock guitarists time is spent playing rhythm, it's important to learn to do it well .. learning lead should come after you can play solid backup and have the sound of the chords in your head Eddie Van Halen
music mistake men
... I played 'Eruption' two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there's a mistake at the top end of it whenever I hear it, I always think, Man I could've played it better ... but I like the way it sounds. I'd never heard a guitar sound like that before...
music sound hell
To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
music believe fads
I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing. Eddie Vedder
musician worship
Worship the music, not the musicians.
music way jazz
Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money. Dizzy Gillespie
music guitar jazz
Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.
music dance long
They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.
music reason process
One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
music taken play
It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
music men serious
Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.
music careers sound
I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.
music sometimes chords
Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place. David Bowie
musical electronics keyboards
When the musical keyboard was created in the 1970's, you had electronic geeks that had no background in music created these devises and gave them to musicians that had no background in electronics. The result was some of the wierd sounds that came out in the '70s.
music stars water
I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.
music stars thinking
When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.
music thinking hair
I never have a realistic sense of self. I either think everything I do is terrible and I'm the worst guy on the planet, or from time to time I'll think I'm the greatest gift to music and the coolest guy who ever lived, but that happens maybe an hour out of the week. Some days I'm more concerned with how my hair looks than what my guitar sounds like. Dave Navarro
music real example
But the beauty of Einstein's equations, for example, is just as real to anyone who's experienced it as the beauty of music. We've learned in the 20th century that the equations that work have inner harmony. Edward Witten
music air games
You'd go in, read the script once for timing and then you would sit around and play games. The sound effects people would come in and we would do a dress rehearsal so they could get the effects and the music cues in place. Then you would wait until you went on the air. Dick York
music mean practice
Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play. Ahmad Jamal
music people way
The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work.
music artist jazz
Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.
music jazz scholar
I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.
music spirit make-me-happy
Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it. Aaron Carter
music thinking listening
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me. Aaron Copland
music distance way
There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it. We are led on and on, and yet in some strange way we never lose control.
music states composer
Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.
music long giving
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
music would-be asking
The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."
music would-be stopping
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
musical people saw time war
When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other? Rita Moreno
music number point understood york
And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one. Kurt Masur
music people
Most people know my music but will never read my books. Chico Buarque