“Now, as for this new breed of musicians with their 'ultrasonic' conservatory technique, I say: So What. Tell me a story from the heart of your soul and what your existence in this Universe is all about!” HeartSoulStoriesUniverseExistenceMusicianTechniqueYour SoulConservatory Author:Woody Shaw
“An actor can do a play on Broadway for three years. Every night he's expressing the same emotion in exactly the same way. He has developed a technique to convey those feelings so that he can get the ideas across. Or a musician may not want to play that damn music at all, but he has a booking and has to do it.” WayWantYearsMayIdeasPlayFeelingsNightThreeActorsCan DoEmotionMusicianTechniqueDamnThree YearsEvery NightBroadway Author:Richard Estes
“I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was my limitation in life... And I wanted to write music, and I didn’t know what I was doing and I never had the technique or understanding of it... But I’ve always played the piano and I can improvise on the piano, but the problem is that I can’t write down what I write. I can read music but I can’t write numbers.” KnowsWritingI CanPlayProblemWantedFeltUnderstandingMusicianTechniqueLimitationPianoI Can Read Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Photography is not easy. You know it takes a painter or a sculpture or a musician years to perfect their technique. Then they're free to make an expression in a matter of moments. It takes moments for a photographer to perfect his technique. And then it takes years for him to make it into something that is truly creative and worthwhile.” KnowsYearsMatterMomentsEasyPerfectCreativeExpressionPhotographyMusicianPhotographerTechniquePainterWorthwhileSculpture Author:Paul Caponigro
“You may be perfect in playing the piano, and not be creative; you may play the piano most brilliantly, and not be a musician. You may be able to handle color, to put paint on canvas most cleverly, and not be a creative painter. You may create a face, an image out of a stone, because you have learned the technique, and not be a master creator. Creation comes first, not technique.” FirstsMayPlayAbleFacesPerfectCreativeCreationColorMastersMusicianStonesPaintCreatorTechniqueHandlePainterPianoCanvasBe Creative Book:The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti: 1948-1949, Choiceless awareness Source: The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti: 1948-1949, Choiceless awareness
“Of course, it's not the technique that makes the music; it's the sensitivity of the musician and his ability to be able to fuse his life with the rhythm of the times. This is the essence of music.” AbleCoursesAbilityMusicianEssenceTechniqueRhythmSensitivityFuse Author:Herbie Hancock
“I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know had that moment when they heard Earl Scruggs. So, for me, it transcends the technique. It's the musician in him and his personality, his musical personality, such great taste, such great technique, very, very creative.” PeopleKnowsKindMomentsCreativePlayerHeardCarPersonalityTasteMusicianMusicalTechniqueAll KindsThat MomentStoppingWrecksBanjosCar WreckBanjo Players Author:Earl Scruggs
“I started thinking, my gosh, all this sophisticated software for measuring how Yo-Yo plays, and how he moves and this technique of the bow, I should be able to use similar techniques for measuring the way anybody moves, and so somebody who is not a professional or a trained musician, I should be able to make a musical environment for them.” ThinkingWayShouldPlayUseAbleMovingEnvironmentMusicianMusicalTechniqueSoftwareBowsSophisticatedMeasuring Author:Tod Machover