“And Paul hits this chord, and I turn to him and say, 'That's it! Do that again!' In those days we really used to absolutely write like that - both playing into each other's noses.” WritingUsedTurnsMusicMusic IsNosesSongwritingChords Author:John Lennon
“If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen to unstructured, amelodic ambient music, but I prefer no music. I don't need silence - I can write just about anywhere - but music is a major distraction.” IfsKnowsNeedsWritingTryingI CanSongSilenceFiguresMajorsMusic IsDistractionChordsProgressionAmbientAmbient Music Author:F. Paul Wilson
“Rock music is quite big in India - but it mostly just replaces all the intricacies of Indian rhythms and Indian melody with lumpen rock drumming and power chords.” BigsRocksMusic IsIndiaRhythmIndianMelodyChordsRock MusicDrummingIntricacy Author:Jonny Greenwood
“The strangest part of Indian music is its lack of chords: There's no such thing as major or minor, and it's unusual to hear more than two different pitches at the same time.” TwoDifferentMajorsMusic IsIndianUnusualMinorsChordsIndian Music Author:Jonny Greenwood
“I think emotion is just anything that is emotional, you know, people can feel with music. Music is already so emotional, like the strings, the chords, and the notes and the melodies and stuff. And then you throw on a topic that everyone can relate to. That's gonna be real music.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsRealStuffEmotionEmotionalMusic IsNotesRelateStringsMelodyBeing RealTopicsChordsReal Music Author:Sam McCandless