Quotes About Music

Kenny G is not real jazz. I don't even think Wynton Marsalis is real jazz. I don't think Harry Connick Jr. is real jazz. If there is such a thing as real jazz, The Lounge Lizards is real jazz, Henry Threadgill is real jazz, Bill Frisell is real jazz, you know?

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to make an adventure out of the sequence of the songs.

Learning how to rap actually improved my English, because it forced me to talk fast, and I used to suck at that.

Bass players and drummers are like brothers, working in the basement, cooking up the groove. If they don't lock together with the feel, the ensemble will suck.

I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck.

I love to play. And fortunately, I don't know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they're always up for playing.

There's no secret crazy backstory. I actually suck at writing. It takes me forever to write a song.

I love to play guitar. I've been writing my own songs on the axe since I was nine years old. I suck at leads.

We'd have to suck away at oxygen canisters between songs just so that we could keep playing.

I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40 percent of your local artists; don't suck up to major labels to the point where you neglect your own locale.

I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically, 'Gin, we think you suck.' I was miserable. I cried and cried. But looking back, that taught me about social skills and how to communicate with musicians.

Forgive me, but Wolfmother, you suck!

I like the way punk people perform better than rappers, because rappers suck at performing - no offense.

Allowing yourself to suck is the hard part of writing music. If you allow yourself to suck, you will probably write something better.

Most radio stations suck as far as playing heavy-metal.

Far Behind' is a single from Candlebox's self-titled record from 1993. The record came out on Madonna's Maverick imprint and went quadruple platinum, regardless of how much it sucked.

I had people telling me how much I sucked and how bad my music was, but I didn't allow that to discourage me to the point where I didn't want to do music anymore.

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.

I'm a sucker for a sad song.

I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.

When I was young, I was a sucker for smooth men. Bryan Ferry hired me, at 19, to be painted blue and dress up as a mermaid for the cover of his album 'Siren.' It was love at first sight.

I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.

I guess I'm kind of a sucker for the emotion of music. I guess it's kind of odd, but it's the way I appreciate music. I present my stuff that way as well.

I'm a massive sucker for music documentaries.