Ballads Quote by Gary Bartz

And, as my father used to tell me growing up, "Play it beautiful, play it beautiful." He said, "I don't care if you don't…

— Christopher Parkening

“Sometimes you just have to play the notes that you know.”

— Penn Stewart

Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.

— Miles Davis

I try all night to play a pretty note.

— Jimi Hendrix

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different…

— Dimebag Darrell

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

— Pablo Casals

“I let his words fall around me like music; not understanding every line but enjoying the sound they make.”

— Clare Mackintosh

My third day playing saxophone, I was in front of a congregation. I still didn't know the names of all the notes. I was…

— Kamasi Washington

“A great musician once told me that one should never play a single note without hearing it, feeling that it is true, thinking it…

— Brenda Ueland

When I walk past Little Jimmy Dickens, he'll say, 'Hey Morgan!' Those are the moments you can't buy, when you're idols know your name…

— Lorrie Morgan

“My head is full of song, of notes that chime in my teeth.”

— Julie Berry