Musician Quotes

I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart of something. Otherwise, they wouldn't write what they write.

Because for me, '60s pop music is amongst the most complicated or complex music because it has so many resonances which strike you. The music itself is often simple, but the way that I interpret it, or the way I think it's interpreted culturally, is very complex.

You cannot prepare enough for anything.

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.

Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.

It is normal to be nervous.

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.

I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.

I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer.

I do not see scales as abstract.

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

Being unprepared heightens nerves.

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.

I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John.

With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there.

If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison.

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.

Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I've been to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer.

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.

New York is my favorite city in the world.

My favorite album would have to be something from The Beatles.

Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger.

I'm not looking for guidance.

I'm not going around touring the U.S. when I've got nowhere to live.