Quotes About Technique

I have some things that I've been workin' on, such as delivery, wordplay, breath control, just a lot of other things that artists work on, that the listener may not be listening for.

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

I approach cooking from a science angle because I need to understand how things work. If I understand the egg, I can scramble it better. It's a simple as that.

Those watercolourists who work from light to dark know that the darks do the damage.

I don't want to expose the intricacies of my work so people can understand how I did it.

Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly.

Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or work requiring methods and techniques of the Renaissance Masters.

I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work.

I used to be totally into Steve Vai and Joe Satriani and other shredders, and I tried to emulate what they did and really grow as a guitarist.

I was always listening to the records that made shredding sound fun - Steve Vai, Satriani, Cacophony, Paul Gilbert. I think that's what's missing from modern shred guitar; so many people are playing so many amazing notes, but a lot of it doesn't really sound all that fun.

It is very important that when you put something on the grill, you leave it in place to cook. If you move it around too quickly, chances are it is going to stick.

I guess bowling is pretty mechanical. It's kind of a natural motion, but you have to stick within those mechanics.

As a new ball bowler, it's my job to stick to the basics.

One that really caught me was Joe Morello. He was the first drummer I ever saw that could do a roll with one hand. He would turn his hand over and use his fingertips to get the stick bouncing. He could sit there with his right hand doing stuff on the cymbals and tom-toms while he was doing a roll with his left on the snare drum.

A lot of people misunderstand what is Strong Style. Hard hits? Stiff? I don't think so. Strong Style is a kind of philosophy.

Never rush through the stoke. Nervous or not, take your time, and the result is almost always better.

Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.

I'm just the opposite of a lot of photographers who want everything to be really, really sharp. And they're always, you know, stopping it down to F64.

The way I grew up playing, and the way most Americans have grown up, is that you hit the ball up in the air and then it stops where it lands.

Whenever two guys got together, you asked, 'What body part would you like to work?' In my case, it was the arm. Most guys wanted to feed me for that arm drag. We always believed in storytelling, so if I had the arm, the heel would get away for a moment - or heel his way away - and then I would get back to it.

I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.

You have to have your feet in the right position to make a pass, a lot of small things go into making a simple, straightforward pass.