I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of…

Everything repeats itself. There ain't but so many notes on the scale, there ain't but so many chord changes, for real, and there ain't…

— Philip Bailey

“Presently, I sense within me the slightest touch. The harmony of one chord lingers in my mind. It fuses, divides, searches--but for what? I…

— Haruki Murakami

My father would say, 'Play a scale,' and I'd play one and he'd say, 'What about the rest? There must be one above,' so…

— Joe Pass

Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.

— Lara St. John

A lot of people don't know this, but I started out as a blues-based player, and then, when I realized after playing 18 hours…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

The frequencies of the notes in a scale—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do—sound to us like they’re rising in equal steps. But…

— Steven Strogatz

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

— Darrell Hammond

With Audioslave, it's all about melody and chord progressions.

— Tim Commerford

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

— Josh Klinghoffer

There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes.

— Rodney Crowell

I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.

— Flea

I don't have musical theory or great chord knowledge, but what I have got me where I am.

— Lights

Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

— Anonymous

I like Kelela. I like Twigs. I love the more old school; I hate to say old school, but I love Peaches; I love…

— Neneh Cherry

We wanted to guide the musicians, so we could create our own sound. We would never let the band just go in and play…

— Lamont Dozier