Backbone Quote by Casey Abrams

The beauty of it is when you can just show up and hit the notes.

— John Lone

I can't hit some of the real high notes I used to hit, but it makes you have to explore different avenues.

— Roger Daltrey

For me, if we're going to have a guitar solo, it needs to be over the top.

— Wayne Static

It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single…

— Robin Trower

As time has gone on I've felt less and less need to play too many notes. That's something you do when you're younger, you…

— Gary Moore

We tune down a full step when we play but I never miss a note. I've learned how to keep my voice.

— Kip Winger

While I've never 'phoned in' a performance, I think I have given some performances where I could have been a bit braver.

— James Nesbitt

Performing is the most important single action in my life. It is a unique experience of hard work-elation and disappointment. Every move is an…

— Adam Ant

Lots of times it really doesn't matter what notes you play, but what notes come before and after a run.

— Tommy Bolin

Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.

— Henry Rollins

It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by four people.…

— John Scofield

I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody's performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with high-pressure jobs…

— John Eliot