To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists. — John McLaughlin Art Copy Share Image
The day I stop making music would be the day I keel over, really. — John McLaughlin Day Copy Share Image
You realize as you get older that tomorrow is not guaranteed for anybody. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Miles Davis himself, I discovered him when I was 15, and he rocked my world. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When you open box after box of old comics and they're ALL "Archie," you have suffered a trauma from which it is… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial. — John McLaughlin Art Copy Share Image
Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language. — John McLaughlin Language Copy Share Image
“These [Asian] paintings I could get into and they made me wonder who I was. By contrast, Western painters tried to tell… — John McLaughlin Artist Copy Share Image
I never read comics growing up. I didn't have money and I don't like to touch paper. — John McLaughlin Comic Copy Share Image
The first LP, 'Inner Mounting Flame,' is, of course, one of my favorites, and also 'Visions of the Emerald Beyond.' But the… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I'm not a classical player. I don't want to be a classical player. I love to improvise, because things happen that never… — John McLaughlin Classical Copy Share Image
When the music arrives in my mind, it gives me the direction and the form at the same time. It's integrated into… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
As far as favorite tunes, 'You Know You Know' is one, and why it is important is difficult to say. The rhythmic… — John McLaughlin Dance Copy Share Image
In 1978, I was in Paris - I was in someone's car and listening to the radio - and on comes Paco… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
For me, rhythm is a type of divine mathematics in a way. No matter where you're from, we can all understand the… — John McLaughlin Divine Copy Share Image
The biggest government waste: The death penalty. An individual death-penalty case could climb to $100 million, much of it spent at the… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The Beatles, they brought a whole new dimension to pop music. Of course, the psychedelic period is much more interesting to me,… — John McLaughlin Beatles Copy Share Image
There is really no spiritual message that I'm trying to convey with my music, it's just a personal thing. I really believe… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I was dealing with a lot of spiritual questions like "Who am I?" "What is God" "What is the meaning of life?"… — John McLaughlin Faces Copy Share Image
If I can get out of the way, if I can be pure enough, if I can be selfless enough, and if… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Every day, I discover something utterly unbelievable when I play. — John McLaughlin Day Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of playing in a club is that even with bass and drums, the atmosphere remains intimate with the… — John McLaughlin Audience Copy Share Image
I've been more or less vegetarian for about 40 years. Health diet really helps. I do meditation every day, and either yoga… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When I was five, I heard the end of Beethoven's 'Ninth Symphony' with my mother, and I got goosebumps all over my… — John McLaughlin Body Copy Share Image
Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When Mahavishnu came out in '71, the unbelievable reaction to the band was a real shock to me. It was a shock… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I believe everybody is spiritual and no one is any more spiritual than anyone else. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The guitar l learned on was probably worth $4 or something, but it was priceless to me. It meant so much. — John McLaughlin Guitar Copy Share Image
The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were. — John McLaughlin Instrument Copy Share Image
In my world, if you want to make a record to make money, you're already off to a bad start. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The Mahavishnu Orchestra - when it came out, it was an explosion, completely unexpected as far as I was concerned. I was… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
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