Felt Quote by Andrew Hill

That creates the magic, and that's the wonderment of the musical process and how precious that is.

— Mick Fleetwood

It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to…

— Leo Kottke

At moments of acute joy or sorrow, men and women throughout history have sung or reached for musical instruments to express the inexpressible. When…

— Stephen Hough

I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves…

— Edgard Varese

People paying attention to vibratory activity, not in reaction to a fixed ideal performance, but each time attentively to how it happens to be…

— John Cage

Something we're really known for is our signature harmonies, our great melodies - stuff that just makes you feel something and moves you.

— Howie Dorough

“Sometimes the magic of life is beyond thought. It's the sparkle of intuition, of bringing your own personal energy into your music.”

— Jennifer Ryan

People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for…

— John Mayer

The smaller the instrument or more hidden it is such as electronics, the more esoteric it becomes and in my mind becomes boring watching…

— Dan Deacon

It seems to be the special peculiarity of human beings that they reflect: they think about thinking and know that they know. This, like…

— Alan Watts

“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”

— Plato

It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.

— Matt Nathanson