Solos Quotes

56 quotes by 54 authors

Everybody free-solos. When you walk to the store, you're free-soloing. It's just a matter of the difficulty of the route. — John Bachar
I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft is...The arrangements were mine. They were little… — Linda Ronstadt
From now on all of my guitar solos will be in morse code. — Jason Hicks
In rock & roll heaven, there ARE drum solos, but only the drummers can hear them. — Lin Brehmer
Affectors Harmagedon is a solid blast of PROG metal complete with burning solos, odd time signatures, orchestral highlights, and Rock riffs that will tear your… — Jordan Rudess
In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would… — Lucas Grabeel
Our little solos are a note in an immense chorus vibrating grandly through the universe, a chorus which accepts and harmonizes the whir of the… — Harriet Monroe
I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from… — Brian Setzer
... I would just like to say that Ritchie Blackmore did a bunch of great stuff guitar - wise. I'm happy to play the solo… — Steve Morse
... I got home, picked up my ax, turned on the four-track and just played it ... I played three solos back to back on… — Dimebag Darrell
Solos are like sex, so it's surprising to me that there aren't more guys playing them — Richie Sambora
Barney Kessel was 'Mr. Guitar,' the foremost jazz guitarist of his generation. He had an amazing imagination, his solos were incredible, he swung his tail… — Larry Coryell
... even when I'm touring, I feel like a sideman ... everybody's working together. We get to play longer solos; it's not just "Here's the… — Vince Gill
... sound is what drives my solos, not verbal concepts, I never think 'I'm going to use a Lydian Dominant scale and then go up… — John Scofield
Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's really the melody… — Joe Satriani
There was a lot that was tricky about playing with [Thelonious Monk]. It's a musical language where there's really no lyrics. It's something you feel… — Roy Haynes
I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He said, 'Hey man, why don't… — Freddie Hubbard
Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own. — Dizzy Gillespie
James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos… — Deana Carter
Nowadays I get complaints about long drum solos, but in those days they wanted me to keep on going so they could go over to… — Aynsley Dunbar

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