Solo Quotes - Page 16

• Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz.

  Jon Pareles

  Volcanoes, Play, Piano

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• Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others to his cause. A very fine musician.

  Paul Bley

  Writing, Play, Piano

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• It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.

  Oscar Peterson

  Important, Sound, Groups

  FaceBook post by Oscar Peterson from Jan 24, 2012

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• I don’t think the drums are a solo instrument. Drums are there to set the beat for the music.

  Keith Moon

  Thinking, Beats, Instruments

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• I wanted all my solos to be something you could sing along with

  John Frusciante

  Wanted

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• What I do on my solo stuff is just the most natural version of who I am, and I’m trying to represent the feelings that I’m feeling as purely as possible

  John Frusciante

  Who I Am, Feelings, Trying

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• A good solo is like a book. It will start out in a phrase, it will go on in paragraphs, and then it will have a great ending.

  Steve Vai

  Book, Phrases, Goes On

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• It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.

  Kirk Hammett

  Guitar, Fans, Response

  "Extended Q&A: Kirk Hammett of Metallica". Interview with Brandy McDonnell, newsok.com. November 18, 2008.

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• With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by.

  John Bonham

  Night, Play, Long

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• The realization that The Art of Obscurity is my 25th solo album prompted me to do some deep thinking about where I am, where I’m going and what I still want to achieve from this life in music. In my heart I feel vital and passionate about the creative process and that my best work is the next one I finish. It doesn’t necessarily work out that clean, but for me, it can be the only touchstone.

  Iain Matthews

  Art, Thinking, Work Out

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• Around New York, our group had become known as 'Dee Dee and her girls' because we were used on everything, so going out on a solo career wasn't as much a big deal to me.

  Dee Dee Warwick

  Girl, New York, Careers

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• I’m always the same. Whether I’m solo or with Big Bang, the one thing I have to do is sing and dance. I started solo activities with the things I did well with Big Bang, and I’ll show the things I learned while doing solo through Big Bang. Wherever I go and whatever I do, I am Taeyang and Dong Young Bae.

  Taeyang

  Bangs, Bae, Bigs

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• This solo piano exploration (Beyond The Sky) by Rob Schwimmer is full of passion and love...his execution and ideas flow with a beautiful sense of freedom that captures you from his first phrase to the last.

  Joe Lovano

  Beautiful, Passion, Sky

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• There are producers that have been my friends for many years that I'm still a big fan of, from Boyz Noize to solo acts. Justice. It really varies. All the way to like...sometimes I'll just find some dude out of Chicago that makes a great house song. I'm feeling a lot of the deep house stuff, Jamie Jones.

  A-Trak

  Song, Years, Justice

  Source: www.gq.com

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• Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool.

  David Pajo

  Guitar, Punk, Grunge

  "Dead Child". Interview with Pitchfork, pitchfork.com. April 22, 2008.

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• I'm not generally a big solo guy, because I'm not into showing off that way.

  James Hetfield

  Guy, Way, Bigs

  "Metallica Meets Gov’t Mule". Guitar World Magazine Interview, alanpaul.net. February 24, 2016.

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• I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

  Alvin Lee

  Artist, Thinking

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• I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist.

  Aubrey O'Day

  Struggle, Artist, Needs

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• People sometimes ask if I want to be a solo artist, but it just wouldn't be any fun being on your own.

  Liam Payne

  Fun, Artist, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the soprano.

  Evan Parker

  Two, Mind, Different

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• Flying solo, you have a fair workload. I'm not only flying the balloon but doing the navigation, communications, repairing the burners, taking care of the equipment.

  Steve Fossett

  Communication, Flying, Care

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• I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.

  Evelyn Glennie

  Thinking, Knowing, World

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• Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.

  John Abercrombie

  Thinking, Play, Phrases

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• You don't make solo albums to have hits.

  Ronnie Wood

  Albums

  "The do Ron Ron". Interview with Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2001.

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• My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

  Adrian Belew

  Work Out, Effort, Trying

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