Obvious Quote by Will Oldham

There's so much more subtlety to this new recording. There's a subtlety in the playing. There's also a subtlety in the way I approached…

— Jason Molina

The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with…

— Marketa Irglova

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record.…

— Brian Eno

Most songs come from being attentive. Attentive to life, attentive to scripture, attentive to your heart. Pay attention!

— Matt Redman

Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more. People feel…

— Graham Nash

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

— Emanuel Ax

I like the songs to appear very simple and to flow by without any kind of hiccup, but there has to be this impression…

— Gillian Welch

There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.

— Layne Staley

I think the more the listener can contribute to the song, the better; the more they become part of the song, and they fill…

— John Prine

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin…

— James Taylor

The music tends to be an expression of one's darker moments.

— David Gilmour

Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often full the gap.

— Sena Jeter Naslund