Quotes About Performance

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.

Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open and attuned, then the invisible will take possession of him; through him, it will reach us.

Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.

Go out on the stage as a human being and do not be afraid to show struggle in your music. It's a struggle in life and then struggle and then victory.

Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge.

Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this constant struggle that makes music fascinating to me.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.

Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that feeling is just about the most important aspect of playing guitar

They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.

I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

Play always as if in the presence of a master.

There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music.

Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you dont want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it.

Quick music sounds dull unless every note is articulated.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so.

I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.

I make make music in my own time, messing around with beats and riffs I write. Always practicing performing in my room most times I probably look like an idiot dancing around haha.

The biggest thing for me is the new music. I'm playing a lot of new music that is not released yet on my tours. Seeing the reaction to that is super inspiring.

The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.

Music is being treated as one big karaoke machine.