Band Quote by John McLaughlin

When Mahavishnu came out in '71, the unbelievable reaction to the band was a real shock to me. It was a shock to everybody.

— John McLaughlin

Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction,…

— Eberhard Weber

It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.

— Ken Hensley

Other music that 'Ride The Lightning' led me to discover was to start really kind of sinking my teeth into some of the thrash…

— David Draiman

My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony…

— B. B. King

Mahavishnu's drummer Billy Cobham was the best I'd ever heard. Not loud, that's not the secret - powerful as hell when he wanted to…

— Jeff Beck

I'm looking for the surprises, you know, and the unexpected moments of technology, the unexpected moments of musical creation.

— DJ /rupture

Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.

— Willie Nelson

Grunge, man, that was incredible. It was dangerous. It was not verse/chorus. Songs could be short, long, a lark, majestic. You were constantly being…

— Martin Popoff

I had no idea 'The Dream Weaver' would be so successful. Everything just fell into place with that album. I pioneered a number of…

— Gary Wright

I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music since their music is quite complex.…

— Johan Renck

I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music, since their music is quite complex.

— Johan Renck