Quotes About Music

I can't read notes well, but I can hear something and sing a harmony to it automatically.

There are only so many chords and notes in the world.

I wasn't the best student, and for some reason, I always got music. While other people were having trouble figuring out notes on a page, I could listen to it once and play it back.

I used to come home and play piano all day by ear and make songs up or figure out my favourite Elvis songs. I'd make up games by blindfolding myself and singing the harmony to whatever notes I'd play.

It's important to me to be able to hit the notes and just be able to fly when I sing.

My third day playing saxophone, I was in front of a congregation. I still didn't know the names of all the notes. I was playing by ear, following along, but it was such an encouraging environment, I couldn't fail. It was all, 'Yeah baby, you sound real good' no matter what you play. It was a great way to learn.

I'm putting out music that I love, and they're basically just stories of my life and how I try and teach myself to think about things. They're kind of like notes to self, basically.

There's always more than one way to play the same notes because of the nature of guitar.

Albums like 'Major Moves' or 'High Notes' - those still sound good to me.

I don't have any legato skills; I could never figure out how to roll the notes off.

I feel like maybe I get more nervous when I'm singing. One, it's live. Two, there's a lot of people watching. And three, you have to make sure you get the right notes and everything.

The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.

Sometimes you can just record anything and slow it down hugely and you'll find all these hidden notes and frequencies that match up really nicely.

I consider myself a jazz singer. I think I stick to the roots of improvisation, singing in front of the beat, behind the beat, playing with notes and harmonies.

I am a sad person. In this world there are people who like major notes and minor notes. I like minor notes.

I'm not the fastest drummer in the world, but I'm very into dynamics and knowing that there's space in between the notes and you got to breathe.

If what you do for a living is play drums or bass, then that defines you. You don't want to be some guy missing notes here and there; you want to really speak with it.

I always take notes on my phone of lyric ideas.

Nobody has done Mariah Carey whistle-tone notes in country music that I've heard of, and if you're capable of doing it, you might as well add it in.

The key to performing a song isn't always about hitting the right notes, but about telling a story.

I try to write something that has a common ground to everyone. But there's been nothing new in music since Bach; he put every note in the world on a piece of paper.

People like Duran Duran were a big production but it was a nothingness. That's just my personal opinion.

I love movies. And sometimes it will be a case where I don't notice music.

I think MTV is so iconic that for them to notice me, little ol' me, was very, very exciting.