Bars Quote by Miles Davis

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.

— Levon Helm

The problem is that music is selfish in that you need to make it for yourself, so that you can give it away, and…

— Josh Homme

Sometimes, when you do the music for a play, there are very clear boundaries as to what needs to be achieved. You're very much…

— Richard Dawson

I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.

— Ikue Mori

When I sit behind that electronic drum, it dominates me; there is no innovation in composing music like that.

— Sivamani

To get the music the way you want it, there's a lot of work involved.

— Dave Kikoski

It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you - you…

— Evelyn Glennie

Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills…

— John Otto

When you make music on your own for so long, you get used to just doing whatever you want.

— Julia Holter

Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.

— Florence Welch

Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes.

— Pete Seeger

I'm always making tracks. I find that when you make tons of tracks, you stumble upon genius. You can't always turn the drum machine…

— Scott Storch