Chords Quote by Lester Bowie Download Open image “A chord is just the name of a sound.” — Lester Bowie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chords Names Sound
I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good. — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it. — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
Slowly, over time, I learned enough that I started considering myself a musician, where I actually knew how to play instruments. But still, when… — Tycho Copy Share Image
The program I use is called MED Soundstudio. It's basically a column of numbers that relate to pitch, duration, the type of sound. If… — Max Tundra Copy Share Image
Music is philosophy. Every chord, every word tells a story. If you listen you will know its meaning. — Kamanda Ndama Copy Share Image
There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you hear a C-major chord with an equal temperament, you've heard it a million times before and your brain accepts it. But if… — Aphex Twin Copy Share Image
... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
For some reason, I deliberately allow for simple things like three chords to mystify me. It's kind of fun that way. Like Billy Gibbons'… — Kevin Drumm Copy Share Image
They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out. — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be a professional… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
You know when I was younger I used to look at Downbeat Magazine and I figured anybody in Downbeat must be making a living. — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you know, to… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
We just can't go and try to turn the clock back, that's not happening anymore. You've got to figure something else out. — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life. — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
Music is very important. It's important as a tool for learning, it can be a tool for healing, it can be no telling what,… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
Because I believe that the future of the music lies in the Internet. It can be sold on the Internet. — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
Play as well as you can all the time, and if you're truthful to your thing, you'll succeed. — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to play a… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van Zandt song, or whoever. I realize there are so many melodies and chord progressions in pop and rock music that are so similar that you can kind of trace it back to other things. Most of… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords… — Midge Ure Copy Share Image
Talk health. The dreary, never-changing tale Of mortal maladies is worn and stale. You cannot charm, or interest, or please By harping in that… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords and took… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I learned to play by ear before I learned music theory. For me, that makes sense. After all, children learn to speak before they… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I always think of each night as a song. Or each moment as a song. But now I'm seeing we don't live in a… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
It's a double-headed coin, because technology is a convenience but it's stifled our attention spans. At one time, albums had songs that were like… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
I don't want to discredit people's opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where you have… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The lyrics seem… — Jason Reeves Copy Share Image
I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures. — Josh Klinghoffer Copy Share Image
