Cadence Quote by Aimee Mann

I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher…

— Charlie Parker

If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way.

— Len G. Murray

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right you could be someone different?

— Marcel Proust

I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song,…

— Jeff Lynne

As the chord changes go by, I don't so much think about a static chord voicing changing. I just see the notes on the…

— Allan Holdsworth

What I do is unusual: chordal movements that have never been used before, changing keys and modalities mid-song.

— Joni Mitchell

I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and…

— Joni Mitchell

It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK…

— Ed O'Brien

I'm not even that good at guitar, so when it sounds like I'm playing a chord in a raw or unconventional way, it's not…

— Alex G

One or two wrong turns where I'm from could put you on a path that's hard to reverse... We had to stick together to…

— Ben Wallace

Obvious is not my forte. I take a left turn right when everybody thinks I'm going to go straight.

— Grace Potter

When you’re stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.

— Christina Baldwin