Musician Quotes

My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is.
No matter what - rehearsed, under-rehearsed, over-rehearsed, doubts about rehearsing - the first gig is always the first gig, and you put on your little praying hat, batten down the hatch, and do what you do.
Obviously, this is a huge change with the advent of Lindsey Buckingham not being a part of Fleetwood Mac. We all wish him well and all the rest of it.
The value of friends has always been a natural thing. I prefer too many to too few.
To me, the blues is an infection. I don't think it's necessarily a melancholy thing; the blues can be really positive and I think I think anyone and everyone can have a place for the blues. It need not always a woeful, sorrowful thing. It's more reflective; it reminds you to feel.
We're all looking for those moments - a relief. That's why people go out and treat themselves.
We're celebrating our sixth year with my Fleetwood's, and in a restaurant, that's a lot.
I think that as you get older, you mellow out a lot more. Having been through the ups and downs in life, I feel more qualified to play the blues.
I'm not a country picker, really - I like a nice, beefy, raunchy sort of sound.
I've never had a plan - it was just to try and get with the people you like to play with, and try to do the best you can.
One of my big inspirations was Chuck Berry, and his playing was always about the rhythm and the lyrics. So I've always been that way in my playing, really.
Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.
Dreams sometimes foretell the future.
Egyptian drumming happens to be a favorite of mine. It's a really simple instrument, but it's really difficult to play. You can take it anywhere with you - you can play it in your room, in an airport. It's very quiet, so you explore the quiet side.
I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was also about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, all rolled into one.
In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.
People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.
The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play free, and that was a wonderful thing.
The point is that the arts are important enough to have influenced the greatest minds and talents we know. Albert Einstein said that if he were not a physicist, he would probably be a musician.
There were many times during our career when he could've quit and done something else. But he knew that his power was with the Grateful Dead. He didn't want to go solo. Jerry was a groupist. He loved to group.
«first‹previous26842685268626872688268926902691269226932694next›last»
Total Records : 54786

Related Books

Share to your friends..

Popular Topics

Attitude Death Inspirational Life Love Motivational Nature Positive