Quotes About Music

Music gives me a focused purpose. It saves my life every day.

When I started making music, I wanted to enjoy it and make others enjoy it. But it's just music. I am not saving the world.

Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.

No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in.

Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years.

I played the sax at school. I was in marching band.

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

I had an idea when I was 18 or 19 to start tutoring people, like the way that people get tutored in saxophone or guitar, but for production. I really enjoyed it, but I don't have time for that any more.

I don't know why, but I like the saxophone.

I played saxophone for a while when I was a kid.

I loved playing the saxophone.

No matter what, I still was gonna make music, even if it was on a small scale. Even if it was just for me.

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

I do not see scales as abstract.

I didn't take lessons, and I don't know my scales.

Playing pentatonic scales over orchestral music is not something I want to do or listen to.

I cannot say that I know a lot about scales, but I can write songs.

When I first started playing guitar, I would sit in my room for hours and learn scales.

Back when I first started with Scandal, I felt like I had to carry a lot of the weight because it was up to me to sell those songs.

Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to.

Radio's a scary thing for me. It's dope to be on there.

One day, after a big music meeting, my manager took me to Sephora and said I could get whatever I wanted, which is the dream scenario.

I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in.

Jimi was always at The Scene when he was in New York and we played many times together. He was just everywhere - he went out and jammed everywhere he was.