“These [Asian] paintings I could get into and they made me wonder who I was. By contrast, Western painters tried to tell… — John McLaughlin Painting Copy Share Image
I'm not any different from you or the guy down the street or across the globe, we're all connected in some way… — John McLaughlin Connected Copy Share Image
I think I'm built like a painter. I have friends who are painters and they reflect a similar psychological attitude towards their… — John McLaughlin Attitude Copy Share Image
Everyone can lock into the rhythm on a tune. It's organic in nature. It connects the band as a whole and connects… — John McLaughlin Audience Copy Share Image
I just want to keep exploring music and hopefully the orders will keep coming in and I'll be able to keep growing… — John McLaughlin Able Copy Share Image
Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience — John McLaughlin Aspect Copy Share Image
Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path. — John McLaughlin Believe Copy Share Image
The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played,… — John McLaughlin Destroy Copy Share Image
When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music. — John McLaughlin Feels Copy Share Image
I'm not the sort of chap who can sit down and write music. When it comes, I'm happy. — John McLaughlin Down Copy Share Image
The Mahavishnu Orchestra - when it came out, it was an explosion, completely unexpected as far as I was concerned. I was… — John McLaughlin Band Copy Share Image
I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to… — John McLaughlin Asia Copy Share Image
I've been more or less vegetarian for about 40 years. Health diet really helps. I do meditation every day, and either yoga… — John McLaughlin About Copy Share Image
The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were. — John McLaughlin Instruments Copy Share Image
I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes… — John McLaughlin Goal Copy Share Image
I never read comics growing up. I didn't have money and I don't like to touch paper. — John McLaughlin Growing Copy Share Image
