Quotes About Music

I really want to only put out three projects from Kevin Abstract as far as solo bodies of work.

Most blues guitar players don't concentrate on singing and melodies. And forget about the bridge - the bridge doesn't exist. They go straight for the solo.

When it comes to being in a band or going solo, one is collaborative, and one is not. But generally speaking, when going solo, I am the boss. People can contribute ideas, but I am the boss. When collaborating, you make compromises and look for a common ground.

My band got signed in high school when I was 16, and we all dropped out of high school and went on tour. Then I quit the band because I was the manager, and I was doing everything, so I went solo.

A great solo does not make a great piece. Rather, a great solo in a great song - that's what makes a 10 out of 10. It's the combination of emotional feel and inventive ideas.

My solo music started as a way to really look inwards, and to spend time completely by myself with an instrument, without any outside dialogue.

A great solo is one that's so frail that it actually teeters on the edge of falling apart, but doesn't.

The 'Frampton' album sold better than all of the other solo records that I'd had, put together. It was over 300,000 copies, so that was a good signal that we were poised for my first gold record.

In my solo work on my own albums, I have used voice synthesizers and vocoders quite a lot in connection with orchestral instruments.

I went to church as a kid, but mainly for the showbiz aspect. I remember doing a solo of 'The Little Drummer Boy' and everyone singing the rup-a-pum-pums.

Even when I'm making my own solo records, I'm collaborating with people. It keeps things interesting for me.

I played all the guitar parts except the guitar solo on 'Beat It.'

The first song on my first album is not a song - it's a guitar solo! It's called 'Frenzy,' and it's pretty much nonstop maniacal guitar playing. I had just turned 19, and I had some serious muscle then.

I'd like to release solo songs on a regular basis, but it's pretty difficult for me to finish them.

Most singers begin with a band and then go solo. I started making music on my own and subsequently chose to carry on as part of a band.

I saw Jennifer Batten do a cool guitar solo before I ever saw any other girl do a cool guitar solo.

The solo album is really my way of branching out and doing my own thing. I'm mostly known for playing other people's music, so this is a way to just do something that is purely from my heart and my creativity. So it's really exciting.

Jazz is something that's constantly changing. Its sole purpose is to let people improvise, to let them solo differently each time they play. And that's always been what I like best.

I was brought up on listening to 78 rpm records from crooners to opera singers to solo piano players.

When I did my solo album, I put on a song that I'd planned for Toto that never made an album constructed from a great drum track with Jeff and a bass track with Mike and the guys loved it.

You hear a great Art Blakey drum solo or Elvin Jones, and you can tell when they're taking a breath. You can tell when they're loading up for something big. There's just this humanity in it, and I think that's important as well.

The guitar player that I'm doing my solo tour with, Angel Vivaldi, he's been releasing incredible guitar albums and people just don't really know about them because instrumental guitar isn't really at the forefront of music these days.

Writing songs is a solo activity, so, if I put my mind to it, I can do it.

I've always wanted to be in concert and do a solo show.