Knows Quote by Tommy Bolin

I never really know what I'm playing. I just follow what sounds good in my head and keep going.

— Daniel Powter

I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays…

— Bill Frisell

When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign…

— Dick Dale

The thing is this: When I play, what I try to do is to reach my subconscious level. I don't want to overtly think…

— Sonny Rollins

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

— Pharrell Williams

Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.

— Ace Frehley

If you want to play something that you can't, you need to see and hear yourself doing it in your minds eye. It will…

— Steve Vai

Once the game begins, I play to that song in my head. I run to rhythm, and that allows my mind to be free.

— Marshall Faulk

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

— Buddy Guy

If I go to places where other people are playing, I often get up and play myself. I just enjoy the sound and feel…

— Brian May

When you've done something, certainly if you create a piece of music, you then hear it with fresh ears when you play it for…

— Roger Waters

I'm so grateful that I can play and that I can execute what I hear in my head, because that's the tricky part.

— Alicia Keys