Quotes About Music

I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.

fact, the whole point of the trick' is that knowledge of just these three chords enables the novice musician to play thousands of songs in dozens of genres. Whether

I Want To Hold Your Hand' 'I Saw Her Standing There' Voice leading in the Plagal cadence Here is a summary of the action in a IV–I change (in the key of C), highlighting the important 'inner' voice leading.

All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme'. John Lennon1

Nous vîmes sortir du monastère une nonne. Elle portait sur l'épaule gauche une planche étroite et longue, la toaca, et dans sa main droite un maillet. Pour appeler au culte, elle fit le tour de l'église, en frappant avec le maillet sur la planche, tantôt au centre, tantôt vers les extrémités, de manière à produire des notes plus graves ou plus claires, et à moduler un véritable chant.

Music is a holy place, a cathedral so majestic that we can sense the magnificence of the universe, and also a hovel so simple and private that none of us can plumb its deepest secrets.

Music is a holy place, a cathedral so majestic that we can sense the magnificence of the universe.

Being in a band with three guitar players, one thing you need to do is learn to make each guitar voice sound separate and identifiable.

Don't forget, Stephen Stills and I had a band in Gainesville called the Continentals when we were 15. And, of course, you had Lynyrd Skynyrd in Jacksonville.

Early on, one of my favorites was Ray Charles. I remember hearing 'I Can't Stop Loving You' in the early '60s and thinking, 'What an unbelievably soulful voice.' In those days, the Deep South was extremely segregated.

For every album we worked on, I brought in reels of tape of somewhere between fourteen and eighteen songs - some of them completed, with lyrics and melodies, some of them basic tracks. Things came out of those products. Like, for 'Hotel California', I think I had a reel with sixteen songs on it.

My story, is how a kid that's born into really destitute poverty on a little dirt road in Florida winds up in one of the largest bands in history.

One of the songs we recorded for 'The Long Run' was called 'You're Really High, Aren't You?' Which never really made it onto a record, but later on, it became 'Heavy Metal.' I took that track that wasn't used, and when I was invited to write a song for that movie, I took that track and recorded that song for that movie.

Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles, I was looking for work, and I happened to be invited to Ray's studio and sat in and played on a couple of his demos. I didn't charge him a dime for it. I was on cloud nine to be working in the same room as Ray Charles, one of my huge idols.

That last record I did, I think I played every guitar on the entire record. I want to do something more fun and exciting.

There were about 400 heads of state from countries all over the world. I walked out and played 'Hotel California,' and everybody in the place gave me a standing ovation, and half of those countries don't even speak English.

I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.

All great literature is about longing. The same is true with music. People can buy anything they want or need at the mall or on line. But they cannot buy what they long for. That is where writers come in. We deliver what people long for.

I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought I'd have a hit record or anything like that. I was prepared to travel around all over the country, kind of like a Johnny Appleseed, and sing.

If we played three CDs of praise at the same time, we'd have a cacophony of noise that would drive us crazy. This was totally different. Every sound blended, and each voice or instrument enhanced the others. As strange as it may seem, I could clearly distinguish each song. It sounded as if each hymn of praise was meant for me to hear as I moved inside the gates.

I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music.

Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?

Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.

There is no water to put out the fire. Mi canto la esperanza. —Carlos Santana "Maria Maria