“Each acoustic guitar has its own character and personality. On a particular day, I might pick one up and start noodling around, looking for some emotional content in the chords.” CharacterMightEmotionalParticularPersonalityPicksGuitarChordsAcousticsAcoustic Guitar Author:Neil Diamond
“It's just for some reason I've got just as many fans that only like me when I'm yelling or being funny or whatnot, and jumping up and down on a pogo stick while playing a fancy lead guitar. And they get mad when I sing a heartfelt emotional song and if there's an album full of them.” IfsReasonSongFansEmotionalMadSticksGuitarAlbumsLike MeFancyJumpingUp And DownHeartfeltYellingBeing FunnyPogo Sticks Author:Butch Walker
“It's quite similar to guitar solos, only with programming you have to use your brain. The most important thing is that it should have some emotional effect on me, rather than just, 'Oh, that's really clever.'” ShouldImportantUseBrainEffectsEmotionalShould HaveImportant ThingsGuitarCleverProgrammingSoloGuitar SolosReally Clever Author:Aphex Twin
“Not that I play guitar anywhere near as well as she sings, but I think I have always had a tendency to play solos the same way, in emotional relation to the structure of the song. I choose simple lines, and only play what seems emotionally relevant, and often express that emotion in time, that is in play or resistance to the set time of the song.” ThinkingWayWellsPlaySeemsSongLinesSimpleEmotionEmotionalRelationStructureGuitarResistanceTendenciesRelevantSolo Author:Matthew Zapruder
“There are some superficial things that connect me to the stream. There's instrumentation, there's timbre, use of electronics, the way that samples are used, the way the electric guitar is used. I'm thinking of things that are particular to this era. But I don't always feel particularly close to the music of my peers. I often feel that I have more in common with writers and visual artists. I try to connect to people in an emotional kind of way.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsTryingKindUseUsedArtistCommonEmotionalParticularGuitarErasStreamsVisualsElectricPeersSuperficialSampleVisual ArtElectronicsElectric GuitarVisual ArtistInstrumentationTimbreSuperficial Things Author:Missy Mazzoli
“There is also the guitar player Pat Metheny with whom I'd like to work with: he is so elegant and so emotional when he plays that I am sure that, together, we could make a good team.” PlayTogetherPlayerTeamEmotionalGuitarElegantGuitar PlayerGood Team Author:Richard Clayderman
“Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her right now for emotional excess or musical reach - her punk is so punk, her disco is so disco. The red sequins on her guitar match the ones on her microphone, her shoes and 80 percent of the crowd.” GamesSeeingEmotionalRight NowPercentRedGuitarMusicalShoesCrowdsPopsExcessPunkMicrophonesDiscoMaestroAuteursSequins Author:Rob Sheffield