Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought..
Erik Satie does not say the opposite of Debussy; he says the same thing only the other way round..
Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it..
Let me die to the sounds of the delicious music..
My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity..
Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it, it was no use copying Charlie.
When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true..
he signed his work .. you could always tell when it was Herb Ellis playing.
When we first meet what we love, we could become poets for our longing. When we are removed from what we love, we become singers of grief and weavers….
What feeling feels like over time. An attempt to screw up what feeling feels like over time. Heartbreak and a high C.... The often welcome melodic li….
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary….
Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play..
Don't be afraid, just play the music..
Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you..
I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past..
If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterward..
I don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's the most beautiful kind of music t….
When I was studying at Berklee, I got the feeling I couldn't play the [guitar] at all, because I could not use my own things as they didn't fit any s….
At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song..
The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul..
It has been said that if the opening phrase of a classical minuet can be fitted to the words "Are you the O'Reilly who owns this hotel?" then it was ….