Being Quote by Thom Yorke

I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.

— Roger Sessions

What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice?

— Dan Deacon

I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple and let…

— Graham Russell

Sometimes the simplest forms of music are the hardest to play. Especially for musicians that are accomplished.

— J. J. Cale

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music…

— Oscar Wilde

There's so much more you can do with the dynamics of songs when they're simple... I think it was what I needed in my…

— Sarah Blasko

Some songs are dead easy, and others can be quite challenging. Other times, you just have to put it in the bin.

— Rob Halford

... the hardest studio music to play is Tom & Jerry - cartoons. The music makes absolutely no sense, as music. You can't get…

— Howard Roberts

My music is not really complicated. It's not really complicated and it's not - I wouldn't say simple - but it's not too, like,…

— John Talabot

What I don't like is taking it to extremes and making all these intellectualizations about what basically is simple music. It's simple stream-of-consciousness stuff…

— Van Morrison

Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases.

— Jorja Smith

I don't think there is anything hard at all about having a lot of songs. It makes it easier to be less precious about…

— Jeff Tweedy