A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything..
I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old..
My discussion with Keith Richards about the creative process led me to believe that there's an invisible presence of a stream of ever-flowing creativ….
Without the definiteness of sculpture and painting, music is, for that very reason, far more suggestive. Like Milton's Eve, an outline, an impulse, i….
And wheresoever, in his rich creation, Sweet music breathes--in wave, or bird, or soul-- 'Tis but the faint and far reverberation Of that great tune ….
Man, as long as people want to hear Jazz, I'll give it to them..
Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her heart may know What secret make….
And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and silently steal away..
When Lonnie Mack came out with the guitar instrumental "Memphis" I thought, Oh God, finally somebody we guitar players can relate to !.
If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you..
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words..
When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love..
People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given….
With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs..
I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve that, either. So I'll keep it..
I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says..
My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy..
Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are..
The virtuoso element in jazz playing, all those very fast runs in the upper extremes, simply doesn't appeal to me. That's why I don't want to make m….
Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the sou….
You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you..