Chords Quotes

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True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the… — Maurice Saatchi
It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so… — Regina Spektor
I grew up with a piano, and my aunt taught me chords. I played with bands in high school and I could do like, C… — Cristin Milioti
As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to… — Anita Baker
I definitely don't see myself as much of a singer, because my upbringing is really based around the guitar, learning chord progressions and that sort… — M. Ward
Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as commercialism; now so… — Michael Azerrad
I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. — Andrew Bird
I love listening to Radio Head's 'Everything in its Right Place' because it's all major chords, it makes you feel really good. It's soothing, it's… — Casey Abrams
I started playing bluegrass with my family, so there were the G, C and D chords. I was playing a Martin acoustic because that's what… — Dan Auerbach
A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got… — Charlie Daniels
As an actor, you want as much variety as you can muster up. Otherwise you just keep playing the same chord over and over again. — Michelle Forbes
There definitely isn't a structure anymore to how I get ideas. A lot of times I'll just write down a phrase, or I'll have an… — Ryan Adams
In some types of music I'm working out all the chords one bar at a time - the whole structure, because it's about that. And… — Danny Elfman
Real work is completed in silence and strikes a chord in the minds of only a very few. — Carl Jung
Those three chords were part of my life - G, F, Bb - yeh, it is, it is, and I can't help noticing it. But… — Ray Davies
It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you. — Darrell Hammond
Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be an extrovert socially.… — Alex Kapranos
A, C, and G are the only chords any honest musician needs. — Kim Deal
I am the consequence of a particular type of demographic movement, one that has always involved paying a high price. But I don't know much… — Concha Buika
I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning… — Andrew Dost

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