Able Quote by Edward Albee

When I'm working on new ideas, musically much of what's played is guided by a visual appearance or shape.

— Bill Ward

I just play the music that I'm gonna play and don't really worry about how people perceive it.

— Hank Williams Jr

I do think, or rather I sense that there is a relationship - at least in my own work - between a dramatic structure,…

— Edward Albee

Generally we just play music when we feel like it.

— Hope Sandoval

Most of the musicians I play with - aside from the form and structure of the music - the interpretation is up to them.

— Allan Holdsworth

I look at music like an art form, so it's almost like painting for me, you know?

— Melanie Martinez

I sometimes play different kinds of music to see where the performers end up. I play one genre. Then something else when I do…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I can almost see the music. It comes in the form of colors - colors jump out at me, and that translates into notes.…

— Ramin Djawadi

I think the thing that music can do is be unsettling. It is abnormal - music that's perceived to be different in an unresolved…

— Bear McCreary

Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.

— Ace Frehley

One of the more distant concerns is with the visual interpretation of the music. I find it fascinating but I don't always particularly get…

— Squarepusher

I was never really seeking to play music. I knew I wanted to do it, but I think I wasn't seeking it out because…

— Kevin Morby