Chords Quotes

284 quotes by 246 authors

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords — Tommy Shaw
There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure… — Jimmy Rushing
Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the… — Utada Hikaru
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
The last possible deed is that which defines perception itself, an invisible golden chord that connects us: illegal dancing in the courthouse corridors. — Hakim Bey
Even an ordinary broken chord is made to disclose rare beauties; we are reminded of the fairies' hazelnuts in which diamonds were concealed but you… — Neville Cardus
What I'm trying to produce is the visual equivalent of the chord change that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. — Rian Hughes
When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that… — Carla Bley
Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords-philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather. — Anna Brownell Jameson
Playing octaves was just a coincidence. And it's still such a challenge, like chord versions, block chords like cats play on piano. There are a… — Wes Montgomery
I don't know that many chords. I'd be loaded if I knew that many. But that's not my aim. My aim is to move from… — Wes Montgomery
Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music. But the artists is born… — James Whistler
You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around. — Joe Perry
Over the years I have become convinced that we learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us ...… — John P. Kotter
I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a… — Duncan Sheik
Chris (Anderson) is risking his life with every chord, that's how much it means to him. He has such a reverence for beauty, he plays… — Charlie Haden
Music is gathering. Taking our scattered thoughts and senses and coalescing us back into our core. Music is powerful. The first few chords can change… — Jane Siberry
It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they… — Angus Young
I set down a beautiful chord on paperâ€”and suddenly it rusts. — Alfred Schnittke
When I started, they told me I only needed 3 chords and the truth... It turned out I could manage with 2 and some vague… — Joe Strummer

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