Sometimes an unexpected chord change can be the difference…

I probably would've kept slogging on that same chord change, because there's a tendency to have that happen. You get into the cadence in…

— Aimee Mann

Like the ability of all the musicians to end the song at the right time. Or when it's time for a chord change, but…

— Larkin Grimm

What I'm trying to produce is the visual equivalent of the chord change that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand…

— Rian Hughes

A good song is a nice set of chords and some good lyrics; a great song is a song that reinvents itself over time.…

— Bryce Dessner

“See, records have helped me to fall in love, no question. I hear something new, with a chord change that melts my guts, and…

— Nick Hornby

I was the third one in my family born, and there are three notes in a chord, so that's how they came up with…

— Chord Overstreet

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

— Alex Kapranos

To some degree. I think that I've always been very much of a chordal person. The chords are the foundation of everything. Some of…

— Geoff Downes

I don't look at a knife the way I used to. I'm more aware of what it is. I think twice. This is a…

— Neil Young

A chord is just the name of a sound.

— Lester Bowie

Chord substitution isn't some mysterious religious sect.

— Howard Roberts

Chord progression is progression of emotions; storytelling - taking one person from one mood to the next. We are doing the same thing within…

— Richie Hawtin

I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord, if not…

— John McLaughlin

It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.

— Darrell Hammond

I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures.

— Josh Klinghoffer