Chord Quotes

157 quotes by 142 authors

You can find me in the melodies, the chord progressions, the song style and structure. The lyrical places you fine me most are in the… — Kristian Bush
These days I keep a journal, so I'm constantly sketching down my thoughts, or lines that come to me...ideas for songs. And then when I… — Ani DiFranco
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth that are also… — Paul Zollo
We were on a tour, and there were some chord formations that were tough for me to play when I was a kid...it had become… — Jorma Kaukonen
I love playing all kinds of roles. I hope it doesnâ€™t sound too pretentious, but I always feel human nature is like a piano, and… — Tom Hiddleston
By adopting a certain physical posture, a resonant chord is struck in spirit. — Bruce Lee
George Harrison was a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous guitarist, and a wonderful example of what a rock star should be. I totally revered him as an… — Brian May
I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and I'll… — Joni Mitchell
What I think I do is to relate any new material to how similar it is to something else. The closest that I can come… — Tal Farlow
I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, and… — Justin Townes Earle
I ask but one thing of you, only one, That always you will be my dream of you; That never shall I wake to find… — Amy Lowell
The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones.… — Brian Setzer
My songs, they have just the one chord, there's none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in one song. If… — Junior Kimbrough
If you are able to discover your own keynote or chord and play it over gently to yourself, you will revive as if by magic.… — Vera Stanley Alder
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down and learn ..… — Brian Setzer
... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it out, see what… — Phil Lesh
Bob Erlendson, a local piano player, taught me chord structure and which scales go along with them. Later, I began listening to [pianists] Bill Evans… — Lenny Breau
People listen to the music and sense what it is about. Sometimes they know exactly what the songs are about, sometimes they interpret their own… — Unknown Author
It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury. — Tayari Jones
I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

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