When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin..
It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the cradle of Jazz and I, myself, happened to be the creator in the year 1902..
The Strat covers the complete spectrum of human emotion .. the tremolo enables you to do anything - you can hit any note known to mankind.
I don't know much about contemporary music. I do have an iPod but I listen to a lot of old blues. I listen to John Lee Hooker and Elmore James. I ….
Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time..
We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fre….
Art does not explain..
Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing. You have to dig deep and that can be h….
I would. I'm just too, I'm kind of, a pussy, I guess. That's the problem. But, no, I'd love to. I think everybody should do open mics. I think it's v….
There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything.
It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiat….
My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almo….
I think that a musician is like a doctor, he's supposed to heal people and make them feel better..
Elvis Presleys' first album had more energy and more enthusiam than any other album at the time - when it was released it just blew everything else o….
,,, all around it would have to be Eddie Cochran, because it wasn't just music with him; it was his guitar playing, his look, his singing, I'd say th….
When God created Man, he gave him Music as a language different from all other languages. And early man sang his glory in the wilderness; and drew th….
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes..
I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life..
You don't ask, you don't get..
Music can change lives. Whether you are having a good or bad day, the power of music can change one's mood..
This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and boards, and saws ….