Music related quotes

Stay at home and practice or just stay at home - Joe Davis

Next song, "Let's play the sheep herders lament, 'all the things you are,' by Jerome Kern." - Joe Davis

Composers shouldn't think too much - It interferes with their plagiarism - Howard Dietz

Don't fear mistakes - There are none - Miles Davis

Don't play what is there, play what is not there - Miles Davis

Sometimes you have to play for a long time to be able to play like yourself - Miles Davis

You can play a shoestring if you are sincere - John Coltrane

The more you know, the less you know, I feel like I don't know shit anymore but I love it - Mike Stern,

Learn all that you can and then forget it - Jack Conway 

Guitar Related Quotes

"How we do one small thing, like hold a pick, is how we do all the small things that we do, because our approach to that small thing is the approach to another small thing. And all of those small things taken together is how we live our life. If someone comes to you, or me, or someone else for guitar lessons and they say, 'come on then, show me how to hold a pick,' what they are actually saying is, 'show me how to lead my life' But, that's often not what they believe is the question that is being asked..."

Robert Fripp from - Talking Guitars By David Mead, published by Sanctuary, ISBN:1-86074-620-9. Price = 14.99 (USD)

"When I was practicing I always tried to steer away from playing things that were on records. I learned a lot about individuality from Joe [Satriani]... But today, as a rule, if I come up with something on the guitar that I know somebody else is doing, I either try to elaborate on it or I don't do it at all. And I'd recommend that to everybody, because everybody is unique and individual and everybody is capable of developing their own style."

Steve Vai from - Talking Guitars By David Mead, published by Sanctuary, ISBN:1-86074-620-9. Price = 14.99 (USD)