Chord Changes Quotes

14 quotes by 14 authors

I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common I discovered they had many… — Neil Sedaka
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
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
His musical inspiration operates in a world uncluttered by conventional bar lines, conventional chord changes, and conventional ways of blowing or fingering a saxophone. Such… — Gunther Schuller
It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer… — Ed O'Brien
Bird's mind and fingers work with incredible speed. He can imply four chord changes in a melodic pattern where another musician would have trouble inserting… — Leonard Feather
I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock… — Jeff Lynne
The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it… — David Guetta
I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes, and a melody,… — David Byrne
I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the… — Billy Corgan
The way jazz works is that we take a theme, and then we write using the same structure, same chord changes, and then we can… — Tommy Chong
I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in… — Don Ellis
I don't need to hear Bill to go through a song. I need to hear Keith to go through a song. I know Bill will… — Charlie Watts
I think one of the best things you can do, no matter what you play, is to take up piano. Music is based on chord… — John Haley Sims

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