Songs that are just a vehicle for a guitar solo are very empty, just an excuse for a guitarist to show what… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
One of the great things that I loved about doing solo - which I ended up doing because I was too shy… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
You know, I'm the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn't do the 50 Cent sales but hey... I got a… — Obie Trice Copy Share Image
My solos are more tastefully conceived now. But I still get going in places. It's just that I build up to it… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
You want a solo to be structured, a song within a song, but you want it to sound like it's the first… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
A good solo is like a book. It will start out in a phrase, it will go on in paragraphs, and then… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Seeing that the 97's are a democracy through and through, inevitably, some of these tons of songs I write will get vetoed.… — Rhett Miller Copy Share Image
I believe that if each one of us have successful solo careers, it can only help the group's growth. It will allow… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage. After it had been in rehearsal for several weeks,… — Thomas Powers Copy Share Image
He wanted us to play whatever we played in the most characteristic and appropriate style. Even it was the theme from 'The… — Manny Laureano Copy Share Image
I absolutely am a big Call of Duty fan. Every time a new Call of Duty comes out – I never play… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some… — J. J. Johnson Copy Share Image
When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel.… — Jenny Lewis Copy Share Image
I always wanted to solo at the church and they didn't ever give it to me. But eventually they did and I… — Ari Lennox Copy Share Image
If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
The chamber music repertoire is so vast that if one is genuinely curious about music, the art of listening, understanding and responding… — Wu Han Copy Share Image
I'd much prefer to hear somebody like Ed Thigpen [drummer with New York session group Stuff, and featured on innumerable hits] take… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
They had a silent staring contest, but Percy didn’t back down. When he and Annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When I first heard the song 'Eruption,' which is Eddie Van Halen's most famous solo composition, I was confused because it sounded… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I haven't been walking around for years with some burning desire to do a solo record. If I had, maybe I'd have… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
Introvert conversations are like jazz, where each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of the band setting. I've always been a believer in bands, and I've always been in bands.… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
It's really important to be free and be open and honest about the things you want to do. Just 'cause you want… — Jim James Copy Share Image
Working on solo material is something I had always dreamed of doing, and I'm incredibly happy with the results. 'Everything To Me'… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
When I was four, we had to choose a musical instrument to play at school, and I chose the cello. I played… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
I think anything we do outside of Gym Class Heroes still falls under the Gym Class Heroes umbrella. There's really no method… — Travie McCoy Copy Share Image
I was asked in an interview once: You're writing another book with a female lead? Aren't you afraid you're going to be… — Kelly Sue DeConnick Copy Share Image
All appeals to Scripture are appeals to interpretations of Scripture. The only real question is: whose interpretation? People with differing interpretations of… — Keith Mathison Copy Share Image
I made 'Desert Moon' and when I made those solo albums, I was trying not to be Styx, because I thought, 'That… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
I had just left Yes and had done a concert at Crystal Palace, South London, with a choir and orchestra playing my… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
Art is my 'solo career' if you like. Musically, as a bass player, I depend on other musicians to play, whereas, with… — Horace Panter Copy Share Image
Well, actually, I was gonna be in a group with these two girls. We were in Los Angeles and we were working… — Keyshia Cole Copy Share Image
I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on… — Narada Michael Walden Copy Share Image
When I started playing solo 10 years ago, I had some ham-fisted idea about trying to subvert the "singer-songwriter" tag/genre, and I… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
![“I'd much prefer to hear somebody like Ed Thigpen [drummer with New York session group Stuff, and featured on innumerable hits] take a solo. I mean, that's what it is. I'd much rather hear that than the jazz/rock thing because it's blowing an aspect of jazz that I really like...the level where you…” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a21/van-morrison-1192_aspect_i-d-much-prefer-to-hear-somebody-like-ed_71729.jpg)
