Quotes about Music

There's so many ways you can play one chord progression that the repetition isn't ever exactly the same.

Even the greatest musicians, they only represent themselves. You represent who you are and what your experiences are and what you have in your heart, and it's the same for me. I represent who I am and what I've been through and what I'm bringing to the music.

A repressed person overcoming their repression always makes good music.

Finger-picking, in general, is a hypnotic thing. I feel like I'm more A.D.D. all the time, so the music has to be hypnotic.

I always loved music, but I didn't know if I could be the kind of artist that makes a difference.

I was there the night John Lennon was shot, three blocks away. It left a lasting impression on me.

In my opinion, you just have to make the music. Make the music and work as hard as you can to get it out there.

As I've gotten older, my love for jazz has increased.

Deep down, it really is just a meaningless lyric, isn't it? [Sings] "I got soul, but I'm not a soldier". I mean, you may as well be saying "I got ham, but I'm not a hamster"

I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.

Bagpipes is a woodwind instrument, so you have to warm it up. But in a wrestling dressing room? You've got to be kidding me.

I love co-writing. That whole process is a challenge in that good writers are pushing you.