Chords quotes
54 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Actually, because I'm so small, when I strike an open A chord I get physically thrown to the left, and when I play an open G chord I go right. That's how hard I play, and that's how a lot of my stage act has come about. I just go where the guitar takes me."
"I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords."
"If it has more than three chords, it's jazz."
"I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords."
"Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place."
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"I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally."
"Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!"
"I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on."
"There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love remains."
"I get inspiration, a lot of times, from very commonplace things that just strike a chord and develop themselves in the subconscious."
"... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music."
"A chord is just the name of a sound."
"I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake."
"Lionel [Richie] said, "Yeah, I learned chords and stuff playin' against your albums.""
