Chord Quote by Pete Townshend

I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher…

— Charlie Parker

At first, I didn't think playing guitar was the right thing for me to do. But after seeing Jimi Hendrix on television the day…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

After watching a couple of live performances of bands like Nirvana, I was really excited and inspired by how raw and powerful it was.…

— Panda Bear

I've always been more visual-based. I've kept my musical tendencies kind of in the closet.

— Grant Evans

I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead…

— Lemmy

I only wanted to play the guitar so I could write music. As soon as I learned my first three chords I wrote my…

— Michelle Zauner

I purposely try to make my music cinematic. I try to inspire visuals even though I'm only an instrument of sound.

— Jessie Reyez

I started wanting to inject more colorful chord phrasings from the music I actually grew up on, which was Hendrix, Rolling Stones, and stuff…

— Bucky Pope

I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a…

— Michael Arden

I've started to look at guitar playing from more than just a standpoint of using certain modes and techniques.

— Jim Root

I've always been a very visual creator. I make mood boards or sit with coloured pencils and scribble and try and figure out what…

— Maggie Rogers

With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a…

— Anna Meredith