Song Quotes by Allan Holdsworth

I like lyrics a lot.

— Allan Holdsworth

That's why I like the Steinberger guitars. They're easy to travel with... and they don't get messed up by the airlines.

— Allan Holdsworth

There are good people in radio and the record companies, but there are others who are completely in the wrong job and…

— Allan Holdsworth

Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better.

— Allan Holdsworth

My dad was a fine pianist and he had a lot of great records and beautiful music.

— Allan Holdsworth

Bike riding is great for your thinking. I can't say I've written an entire tune while cycling, but riding has definitely inspired…

— Allan Holdsworth

You wait all your life to be signed by a major label, and then when they sign you, they don't want you…

— Allan Holdsworth

I love music - really a lot. That's why I do it. But mine just never makes it, to me. There's always…

— Allan Holdsworth

I was working with another major label after Warner Bros, and they were telling me who to hire as musicians, what kind…

— Allan Holdsworth

The problem we have is that, some people call it 'too rock' to play on a jazz station, and it's 'too jazz'…

— Allan Holdsworth

Jazz is something that's constantly changing. Its sole purpose is to let people improvise, to let them solo differently each time they…

— Allan Holdsworth

I'm trying to play tunes in a new way, using all the same scales, harmonies, structures, but twist everything a little bit…

— Allan Holdsworth

The electric guitar's a pretty cheesy thing when you think about it, still working on those bits of wire and magnets for…

— Allan Holdsworth

To most people, jazz-fusion means this dreadful synthetic jazz-rock thing, this jazz-Muzak, which I detest. They also think of jazz as a…

— Allan Holdsworth

I didn't decide to play guitar, but that was the instrument which I was offered. I've always been interested in horn-type instruments,…

— Allan Holdsworth