“I think the musicians I play with solo do a certain thing that the musicians we play with with the Indigo Girls don't do. It's just a different thing. And it sort of steers my writing in some ways.” ThinkingWayWritingDifferentPlayCertainGirlMusicianDifferent ThingsSoloSteersIndigo Author:Amy Ray
“We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds its way into the church. We have liberty, we have money, we live in comparative luxury. As a result, discipline has disappeared. What would a violin solo sound like if the strings on the musician's instrument were all hanging loose, not stretched tight, not disciplined?” IfsWayFactsTodayChristianFacesSoundChurchResultsAttitudeLibertyDisciplineMusicianInstrumentsLuxuryStringsPreacherSoloCarelessViolin Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while recording and appearing as a solo artist as well. Unnur has joined me as an unpaid guest on a few Icelandic shows in recent years, so it is a great pleasure to return the favour and appear on one of her songs at last. This new track, Sunshine, came about in Italy, written as an ode to sunlight and happiness after fleeing the dark winter in Iceland” YearsWellsShowsLastsArtistSongDarkPleasureWrittenReturnMusicianWinterInternationalTrackSingersSunshineGuestsSunlightSoloFavourSessionAppearingFleeingViolinistIcelandOdesReykjavik Author:Ian Anderson
“But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material.” IfsWritingShowsChurchMaterialsMusicianSpotsSongwritersSoloFolds Author:Ben Folds
“It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.” FirstsPlayBigsChristianListeningBandMusicianGuitarSoloCharlieGuitaristGoodman Author:Alvin Lee
“There're lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I've got to make a record with my mother's voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I'm a baritone. She's a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.” WellsDoeMotherStarsVoiceChurchRecordsMusicianMy FamilyOppositesSingersSoloSopranosBaritones Author:Grace Jones
“I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to play a Neil Young solo, and then you realize there`s a good chance you can get Neil himself.” WritingPlayYoungSongIndividualRealizingChanceWonderMusicianSoloGood Chance Author:Warren Zevon
“I did exactly what I wanted to do. It was always my intention to put a band together and be a band and not be about the solo pop guy. That was never me. All of the musicians that made me do what I wanted to do were bands. I didn't see it any other way.” WayMadeWantedTogetherGuyBandMusicianIntentionPopsSolo Author:Chris Daughtry
“The amazing thing about Sweets [Edison] was that he exactly spoke the way that he played! He was really unique, the one and only. He was one of the greatest Blues players that I ever heard and played with. Nobody can play like Sweets man, nobody! Most of us, musicians, frequently quote Sweets' phrases in our solos. Like Lester Young, Sweets had a big influence on us musicians, especially when we play some Blues.” MenWayPlayBigsYoungPlayerHeardInfluenceSweetMusicianUniquePhrasesSpokesSoloAmazing ThingsLester Young Author:Ray Brown
“Paul McCartney is a genius ... Paul married Rock & Roll to beauty, and forever raised the bar for composers, musicians, and fans ... an incredible solo performer ... the creator of our favorite songs.” SongForeverFansRocksGeniusMarriedMusicianRaisedIncrediblesCreatorBarsPerformersComposerSoloFavorite Song Author:Alec Baldwin
“Being a part of the crowd with incredible musicians onstage summoning the muse and delivering that to us - doesn't matter if it's an orchestra, two bluegrass banjo pickers, a solo singer, piano player, or Bruce Springsteen - when it all comes together, you can just feel as if you are a part of something bigger and grander than yourself.” IfsFeelsTwoMatterTogetherPlayerMusicianBiggerIncrediblesCrowdsSingersPianoMuseSoloOrchestraDeliveringBanjosSpringsteenBluegrassSummoning Author:Patrick Fabian
“I was a very bad musician. I was the world's worst guitar player, so when I was performing solo with a guitar, I had to keep things very simple.” WorldSimplePlayerWorstMusicianGuitarPerformingSoloGuitar Player Author:Loren Mazzacane Connors
“Art is my 'solo career' if you like. Musically, as a bass player, I depend on other musicians to play, whereas, with painting, I'm on my own. I find it quite easy to switch heads and I enjoy both the mayhem of being on tour and the serenity of being alone in my art studio.” IfsArtPlayEasyEnjoyMy OwnCareersPlayerPaintingDependsMusicianArt IsStudiosSerenitySoloBassMayhemBass Players Author:Horace Panter