... all of the great sounds that James Burton and Jimmy Bryant were getting, came out of Telecasters.
I first met Jimmy Page in London in 1961, and he was listening to James Burton, Scotty Moore and Cliff Gallup with Gene Vincent, as was I ... these w….
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence..
A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me..
But there are rock and roll fans all over this continent and all over the globe, really, and we're just set at marking the planet with Styx music unt….
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great..
If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll..
It's a privilege to play music fora living. Even more, it's a privilege to have an audience. Respect that..
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend..
The music critic, Huneber, could never quite make up his mind about a new symphony until he had seen the composer's mistress..
Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the ….
Iris, if you were a melody...piano melody. I used only the good notes..
But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing..
A guitar is more than just a sound box... it is part of your soul..
Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music..
I anticipated all the changes in jazz because they were all problematical things, that I was dealing with myself. In New York in the late '50s, there….
Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts..
I am always thirsting for beautiful, beautiful, beautiful music. I wish I could make it. Perhaps there isn't any music on earth like what I picture t….
Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time..
Music's the medicine of the mind..
Music is the framework around the silence..