Chords Quote by Esa-Pekka Salonen

Sometimes an unexpected chord change can be the difference between a good song and a great song.

— Gary Talley

I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher…

— Charlie Parker

I feel like there are things that inspire the music, and then there's the music itself. I don't feel like I always need to…

— Thundercat

My songs, they have just the one chord, there's none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in one song.…

— Junior Kimbrough

I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience.

— Rosanne Cash

Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.

— Fanny Crosby

I guess I like minor chords better than major ones, in general.

— Aaron Dessner

I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song,…

— Jeff Lynne

Me and guitar music is so entwined.

— Craig David

It's funny: Your relationship changes with a song over time. After a year or so, you're a different person, so your songs, you don't…

— Hozier

When I sit down to create music, I can't be disturbed with the past. I look ahead because that's what is important now.

— James Ingram

I suppose that's why new music and I go well together, because new music often requires maintaining great rhythm.

— Leila Josefowicz