I'm not the sort of chap who can sit down and write music. When it comes, I'm happy. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I just want to keep exploring music and hopefully the orders will keep coming in and I'll be able to keep growing… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I discovered flamenco when I was 14, before I even got involved with jazz music. I was so crazy about flamenco music.… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Everyone can lock into the rhythm on a tune. It's organic in nature. It connects the band as a whole and connects… — John McLaughlin Audience Copy Share Image
Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo --… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you're ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration… — John McLaughlin Inspiration Copy Share Image
I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes… — John McLaughlin Goal Copy Share Image
Absolutely, all guitars are different. You can go into a store and grab five guitars, all the same model, and even though… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When Indian musicians play a raga it's very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them,… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I'm never trying to preach to anybody with my music, but I'm aware of the universal nature of the human experience and… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I have a profound affection for Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism's particular ways of meditating. — John McLaughlin Affection Copy Share Image
The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played,… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, these were lessons I learned by playing with Indian musicians. The rhythmic forms that they use are very… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I was 11 years old, and I had been playing classical piano for three years, and suddenly the guitar came and landed… — John McLaughlin Guitar Copy Share Image
I think I'm built like a painter. I have friends who are painters and they reflect a similar psychological attitude towards their… — John McLaughlin Artist Copy Share Image
I already experimented with free jazz in the 1960s and, in my opinion, to play free jazz, you have to be a… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I'm not any different from you or the guy down the street or across the globe, we're all connected in some way… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord,… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to… — John McLaughlin Asia Copy Share Image
