“I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative.” ThinkingSometimesWholeAmericaBitsNiceOne ThingGroupsDogDisciplineMusicalBritishAlternativesSoulless Author:Jon Lord
“A musical film is my idea of heaven. You can pre-record, you don't have to sing live. Singing live was the bit I hated the most. I never felt like a confident singer.” IdeasFilmHeavenFeltBitsRecordsSingingMusicalSingersHated Author:Billie Piper
“I've always had a problem within myself of feeling that people didn't really see me as a musician and I'm out to get a bit of musical credibility.” PeopleFeelingsProblemBitsMusicianMusicalCredibility Author:Phil Spector
“I always liked major-key music quite a bit, and that might have something to do with so many of the musical experiences of my childhood being based around the piano. On piano, it is very easy to move between major and minor and to really see how it looks and to feel how it sounds.” FeelsLooksMightMovingEasyBitsSoundChildhoodKeysMajorsMusicalPianoMinorsMusical Experience Author:Andrew W.K.
“The country is suffering from musical-chairs syndrome. We all dance around for a bit and then when we try to sit down again, somebody doesn't have a chair. We're running scared; we want ours.” WantTryingCountryRunningSufferingBitsMusicalScaredSelfishnessChairsSyndromesRunning Scared Book:But Enough about You Source: But Enough about You
“I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later.” PeopleFirstsLittlesPersonsMadeStillsCountryBitsRocksBrotherListeningGrewLittle BitGrew UpMovedMusicalGenreRock N RollConfusingChuckBerriesHybridEverly Brothers Author:Teddy Thompson
“I'm steeped in aesthetic theory, so I tend to bring in my own amateurish way of baring a little bit - when, in practice, I'm not thinking about that when I'm working over the keyboard, or musing over musical ideas in my head. But when discussing it, we want to have some new thought about this new music.” ThinkingWayWantLittlesIdeasBitsMy OwnPracticeTheoryLittle BitMusicalAestheticNew ThoughtDiscussingKeyboardsNew MusicMusings Author:John Maus
“Whatever has made, or does make, or may make music, should be held sacred as the golden bridle-bit of the Shah of Persia's horse,and the golden hammer, with which his hoofs are shod.” ShouldMayDoeMadeBitsHorseSacredMusicalGoldenHammersMusical InstrumentsPersia Book:Redburn.His First Voyage Source: Redburn.His First Voyage
“I don't come from a particularly musical family. My mother learned a bit of piano in Korea. When I was three, I apparently climbed up on our upright piano and started picking Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star out.” LittlesMotherThreeStarsBitsMusicalPianoKorea Author:Charlie Albright
“You're creating music to pull people into a world, whether it be a visual medium where music is just one element, or a purely musical medium. Either way, you're trying to transport people and to create a connection. I've always felt that the best films and the best albums can be the best company. If people feel a little bit less alone because of something I had a hand in creating than I feel like I'm contributing to the world in a positive way.” PeopleIfsWorldWayFeelsTryingLittlesHandsFilmFeltBitsCompanyElementsCreatingLittle BitMusic IsConnectionsMusicalAlbumsMediumsVisualsJust OneBeing The BestTransportContributingBest FilmCreating MusicBest Company Author:Andrew Hollander