“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.”
― Miles Davis https://t.co/Qgd79BOcO8
“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.” ― Miles Davis https://t.co/Qgd79BOcO8
Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk • Thelonious Monk Quote
what Nadia Boulanger taught me: “Your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being.”
Quincy Jones • 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
Nadia Boulanger always used to tell me, “Quincy, your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being.”
Quincy Jones • 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
Guitar gurus say, “Tone is in your fingers.” You can buy the same guitar, effects pedals, and amplifier that Eddie Van Halen uses. But when you play that rig, it’s still going to sound like you.