Three Chords Quotes
16 quotes by 14 authors
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Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!
— Leonard Cohen
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A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and…
— Willie Nelson
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Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early Bob Dylan, Johnny…
— Tom Morello
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About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar.
— Freddie Mercury
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You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around.
— Joe Perry
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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
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Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off.
— Woody Guthrie
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I'd been thinking I'd have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just learn three chords…
— Jarvis Cocker
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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
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I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore. It's really hard…
— Sondre Lerche
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Country music is three chords and the truth.
— Harlan Howard
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Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.
— Willie Nelson
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One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.
— Lou Reed
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If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.
— Lou Reed
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My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely…
— Michael Franti
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I don't know about five guys against the world. It's more like five guys against these three chords, and we're gonna wrestle 'em down no…
— Benmont Tench
Who Wrote These Three Chords Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 16 Three Chords Quotes as follows: