Every day, I discover something utterly unbelievable when I play. — John McLaughlin Day Copy Share Image
When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Miles Davis himself, I discovered him when I was 15, and he rocked my world. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
You realize as you get older that tomorrow is not guaranteed for anybody. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I discovered flamenco when I was 14, before I even got involved with jazz music. I was so crazy about flamenco music.… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right. — John McLaughlin 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 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 have a profound affection for Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism's particular ways of meditating. — John McLaughlin Affection 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 Copy Share Image
I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord,… — John McLaughlin 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 was 11 years old, and I had been playing classical piano for three years, and suddenly the guitar came and landed… — John McLaughlin Guitar 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 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 Artist Copy Share Image
I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I already experimented with free jazz in the 1960s and, in my opinion, to play free jazz, you have to be a… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When Indian musicians play a raga it's very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them,… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
If I can get out of the way, if I can be pure enough, if I can be selfless enough, and if… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The day I stop making music would be the day I keel over, really. — John McLaughlin Day Copy Share Image
To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists. — John McLaughlin Art 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 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 Copy Share Image
The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The guitar l learned on was probably worth $4 or something, but it was priceless to me. It meant so much. — John McLaughlin Guitar Copy Share Image
I believe everybody is spiritual and no one is any more spiritual than anyone else. — John McLaughlin 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 Copy Share Image
In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
In my world, if you want to make a record to make money, you're already off to a bad start. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were. — John McLaughlin Instrument Copy Share Image
Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When Mahavishnu came out in '71, the unbelievable reaction to the band was a real shock to me. It was a shock… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When I was five, I heard the end of Beethoven's 'Ninth Symphony' with my mother, and I got goosebumps all over my… — John McLaughlin Body Copy Share Image
