“I love classical music; I love the way it's worked... all those chord sequences so I often use that sort of effect in my solos.” WayUseEffectsSoloSequenceChordsClassical Music Author:Jon Lord
“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
“There is a gesture he has, a motion, that always reminds me of a great batter leaning into a hit. He has a way of throwing one foot forward, putting his head down a bit as he silently runs the valves, and then the cheeks bloom out in the way that has mystified his dentist for years, and he hits into the solo. When that foot goes forward like that, you know that John Birks Gillespie is no longer clowning. Stand back.” KnowsWayYearsRunningBitsFeetThrowingGesturesCheeksSoloDentistValveClowning Author:Gene Lees
“I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.” WayFeelsFirstsStarsFeltRocksNew YorkRight NowAlbumsFinishedSoloDestinedRock StarForesightMixingFeels RightGroove Author:Ace Frehley
“You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.” WayWantPlaySongCrazyEmotionalLiftsSoloRight Place Author:Benmont Tench
“Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could not play this way if I were not able to divide my attention between my ever changing musical environment and my instrument itself.” IfsThinkingWayLongPlayAbleWishAttentionEnvironmentRocksInstrumentsTrainGuitarMusicalDividesSoloGuitaristGuitar PlayingTrain Of Thought Author:John Frusciante