Ideas Quote by Pat Martino

The music has generated all the techniques I use.

— Pat Martino

Without technique, it doesn't matter what your ideas are; you would not be able to do what you want. It's something that you always…

— George Li

I use all different kinds of techniques for all different types of music. The music dictates the style.

— John Patitucci

Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's…

— Burt Bacharach

Making music is mostly spontaneously following sounds you find compelling that you chase and see where they're leading you.

— Sam Roberts

Sometimes listening to music can motivate you. It can. But if you're a musician, that isn't always the way to get new ideas because…

— Tori Amos

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

— Carter Burwell

Music is one of those art forms that you can get pretty immediate feedback by just doing it and getting better at it.

— Nick Valensi

I've never really had a certain style of music in mind that I make, or am really adamant on how something should sound, but…

— Courtney Barnett

Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.

— Yo-Yo Ma

I put in the sounds of instruments such as the guitar and piano, which everybody hears often, and tried to go with melodies that…

— Seungri

I can play a lot of things, but I haven't mastered any one. I use music really as a form of raw expression; escape…

— Adrian Grenier