“I think of myself as a serious artist. Sometimes you can get in your head too much about that and forget that you have to have fun. I've been guilty in my career about that at times. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought I didn't want anybody else to have a hit with it!” ThinkingWantSometimesArtistFunForgetMusicCareersToo MuchSeriousGuiltyHaving Fun Author:Tim McGraw
“Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also delving deeply into American blues, gospel, folk hymnody, and hill country dance music. To that gumbo, he added the invigorating rhythms and harmonies of hot jazz. It was a new kind of American music, named in honor of his band The Blue Grass Boys to be known, simply, as bluegrass.” KindCountryKnownMusicBoysHonorBandHarmonyHotBlueBillsJazzAncientFolksBritishRhythmHillsGrassToneSpokesEchoesFiddleDance MusicInvigoratingAmerican MusicBluegrassDelvingBagpipesGumbo Author:Paul Zollo
“Man, if anybody knew the path that we've been on, no one in their right mind would ever try to duplicate it. That's something Nashville always tries to do, though. If something is successful, they try to repeat it by telling other people, "Hey, do what that guy did." I just don't think it works that way. The first one who gest there, the one that cuts the path ... it's always the roughest path but I think it's got the most reward at the end.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWayTryingMindFirstsEndsGuyMusicPathSuccessfulCuttingRewardsHeyRepeatsThat GuyNashvilleDuplicate Author:Eric Church
“The music has to come from bluegrass first. We always said back in the 70s that if you want to play newgrass you have to go through the school of bluegrass. You know, maybe Jack Black can make a movie now called School of Bluegrass . That would be cool.” IfsKnowsWantFirstsSaidPlayWould BeSchoolBlackMusicBeing CoolBluegrass Author:Sam Bush
“There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why there are not a lot of sad viral videos.” PeopleWantMusicComedySeriousVideoEnjoyedFunny ThingsPersonal ThingsViralSerious ThingsViral Videos Author:Jonathan Coulton
“When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild.” ChildrenArtRunningSchoolImaginationMusicTiredBoredChildren's Imagination Author:T Bone Burnett
“You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have all the different genres of music cohabitating the Top 40 - the folk sound, The Beatles, the British sound, the Motown sounds, that kind of light country - it was a welcome relief after a few hard rock records. Everyone was sharing the airwaves, and I think it was a beautiful time for American music.” ThinkingKindDifferentCountryHardLightTodayBeautifulSoundMusicRecordsRocksFolksRadioPopsBritishLovelyWelcomeGenreReliefDifferent GenresAmerican MusicMotownLovely ThingsHard RockGenres Of MusicDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Jimmy Webb
“When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music.” FallMusicSilentGenerosityFall Into PlaceThings Fall Into Place Author:Rumi
“I write very sporadically. I write sometimes three things in a week and then nothing for a year. I make a space for it but I don't push it. They just come and they come.” WritingYearsSometimesThreeSpaceMusicWeekThree Things Author:David Crosby