Chords Quotes

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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
My kids learned to color on this table. There's been a lot that's went around this table. Waylon Jennings sat right there in that chair… — Billy Ray Cyrus
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
The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf… — Vince Gill
I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does [the music] conjure up, where's the melody taking you? I deliberate over the lyrics, I really do.… — Rod Stewart
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
Itâ€™s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you talk extemporaneously with… — Stan Getz
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more. — Fanny Crosby
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
"Playing" the resources of characterology for the sake of clarification and insight into the structures of actual existence is many times more daunting than playing… — Kenny Smith
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
Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that feeling is just… — Eddie Van Halen
Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a… — Eddie Van Halen
I also generally play slide guitar in standard tuning, which enables me to switch back and forth between using the slide and fretting notes and… — Warren Haynes
...every once in a while it seems like the cosmos part and something great plops into your lap, that's how it was with "Hotel California"..… — Don Felder
... 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

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