The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If you dissect a bird / to diagram the tongue, / you'll cut the chord / articulating song. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords… — Earl Hines Copy Share Image
No chord in populism reverberates more strongly than the notion that the robust common sense of an unstained outsider is the best… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
If you play the guitar, you've got to hold the chords down with one hand while you play with the other, so… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
It's never happened to me before, in my career, and never will again. It's a one-off experience. It's a rare treat to… — Hugh Bonneville Copy Share Image
I can talk about feelings, but I can't talk about why this chord on top of this chord sounds cool to me.… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
Not only do you need great lyrics, a great message, a great story, great vocals, great chords... you also need great instrumentation,… — Joey Sturgis Copy Share Image
Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you… — Alan Ladd Copy Share Image
I envy the music lovers hear. I see them walking hand in hand, standing close to each other in a queue at… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
I like to start with an idea, but then again, I might be sitting at the keyboard, and just playing a bunch… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
I grew up playing the saxophone. I joined the jazz band in high school, but somewhere along the way I realized the… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
Pictorial art is relating tones to create beauty - like chords of music - not the faithful copying of the model. — Harvey Dunn Copy Share Image
There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Like the ability of all the musicians to end the song at the right time. Or when it's time for a chord… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie. The… — Trisha Yearwood Copy Share Image
