Chord Quote by Alex Kapranos Download Open image “Why play a chord when you can play one note?” — Alex Kapranos ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chord Chords Note Notes Play Why You
There's always more than one way to play the same notes because of the nature of guitar. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I only wanted to play the guitar so I could write music. As soon as I learned my first three chords I wrote my… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing over the… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
For some reason, I deliberately allow for simple things like three chords to mystify me. It's kind of fun that way. Like Billy Gibbons'… — Kevin Drumm Copy Share Image
Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it. — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano. — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it? — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be an extrovert… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
I find American football quite ridiculous generally. I don't understand it. It looks like a lot of guys dressed up as spacemen shouting at… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures. — Josh Klinghoffer Copy Share Image
Using open strings is a great way to add texture and atmosphere to any chord progression. — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
Light rails are too bus-like to impress most commuters, too squished and close to the ground. Monorails, by contrast, strike a chord with travelers.… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a choral section… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
The Beatles changed music forever. They took rock n' roll from a medium that was about cars and girls and gave it context, interesting… — Bob Spitz Copy Share Image
Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me. — Nargis Fakhri Copy Share Image
