If you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument - go from an acoustic to an electric or vice versa, or try an open tuning. Do something to shake it up.
Interpretation
Change your approach or perspective to gain more from an experience.
This quote emphasizes the importance of altering one’s perspective or approach to find greater fulfillment in experiences, particularly in the context of music. By suggesting a shift from one musical instrument to another, it conveys a broader lesson about creativity and the need for innovation in all areas of life to achieve satisfaction and depth.
In practice
During a workshop on creativity, you might use this quote to encourage participants to think outside the box.
The music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument - go from an acoustic to an electric or vice versa, or try an open tuning ... do something to shake it up.
Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing.
I did learn eventually - perhaps far too late - to respect the talent I have. For a lot of years out there, I was just bashing on to the next thing and not really thinking about it too much. That's what we do. But I'm learning to appreciate the moment.
I'm from Kenner, Louisiana, where music is played for every occasion in life. There's music for being born, there's music for dying... It's just natural. Families get really good because they play a lot together.
I always said if a man would have done half the records that I've done, we would know about it. But we don't know all the records I've done for other artists.
Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.
I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.
A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.
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