“...black music is a group music. That's why I don't like doing a solo saxophone thing: My feeling stems from rhythm, I really have to feel that rhythmic thing happening.” FeelsFeelingsBlackGroupsMusic IsHappeningsThings HappenRhythmStemSoloSaxophoneBlack Music Author:Jimmy Lyons
“I think everything happens in time. There's a time for everything. There's a time to be in a group, and there's a time to be solo.” ThinkingHappensGroupsThings HappenSolo Author:Lauryn Hill
“Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.” SuccessfulGroupsRocksStonesAlbumsSoloJagger Author:Don Henley
“My solo album is different from the Black Eyed Peas albums because I'm a singer first and foremost. There are more ballads and more intimacy between me and the listener because sometimes when you're in a group you don't have space to air out your dirty laundry.” FirstsDifferentSometimesBlackSpaceGroupsAirAlbumsSingersIntimacyDirtyListenersSoloLaundryBalladsPeasDirty LaundryBlack Eyed Peas Author:Fergie
“I think there is more creative freedom as a solo artist by far because you might get a group push back on an idea because it's more of a democratic process. You can sink or swim on your own ideas on a solo project.” ThinkingIdeasMightArtistProcessCreativeGroupsProjectsDemocraticSwimSoloDemocratic ProcessCreative FreedomSink Or Swim Author:Myka 9
“It is really refreshing to hear a big band that has the ability to execute ensemble passages with swing and precision while retaining a "small group" feel during the solo sections. This kind of "tight, loose" approach is seldom heard in big bands, whether they are professional or not. Now, all the band needs is to hit the road and take the music around the world!” WorldNeedsFeelsKindBigsAbilityHeardGroupsBandApproachAround The WorldPassagesSwingsSoloSectionsPrecisionRefreshingSmall GroupsEnsembleRetaining Author:John Patitucci
“I always maintain that playing in an orchestra intelligently is the best school for democracy. If you play a solo, the conductor and everybody in the orchestra follows you. Then, a few bars later, the main voice goes to another instrument, another group, and then you have to go back into the collective [sound]. The art of playing in an orchestra is being able to express yourself to the maximum but always in relation to something else that is going on.” IfsArtPlayAbleSchoolSoundVoiceDemocracyGroupsRelationInstrumentsBarsCollectivesSoloOrchestraMaximumExpress YourselfConductorBest School Author:Daniel Barenboim