Quotes About Music

I'm a comedian, and the other comedians are played by comedians, the same way that in 'Once' there are the musicians that hang out together.

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.

I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college.

The first time I ever played Glastonbury I would have never have thought that a grime artist would have ever headlined it.

Before Liszt, a conductor was someone who just facilitated the performance, who would keep people together or beat the time, indicate the entries. After Liszt, that was no longer the case; a conductor was someone who shaped the music in an intense musical way, who played the orchestra as an instrument.

My father was a steelworker who'd come over from Abruzzi, in Italy. He played in the band and he encouraged me to be a musician.

We played in bars and other such establishments and anywhere where people would listen. Sometimes they did, and sometimes not. The outfits we wore were classics of the 50's.

I don't think music should be played anywhere near politics. The two don't go together.

Oh, I was a real Nirvana kid. I got into jazz because I listened to a lot of metal, Megadeth and that, and those guys play really fast and are virtuosos. I wanted to learn more about it, and I discovered that a lot of jazz guys played really fast, too.

I played classical as a kid.

I played cello in my high school orchestra.

I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way.

For a long time, we just played here - Columbus is a perfect place to work your way up and maybe build a fan base.

The lousy guitar player in any band is the bass player.

My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set, and it was at Saint Martins College of Art in 1975. We were opening up for a band called Bazooka Joe, and their bass player at the time was Adam Ant, who went on to form Adam and the Ants.

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.

When I need some energy in the morning I can put a metal CD in my player, because it gets me going! Classical music will send me off the road!

If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.

Charlie Parker is my greatest inspiration as a saxophone player - anything that involves him entails a large amount of respect.

When you play with another piano player, it's just second nature to play the parts that need to be played.