94 Chord Quotes for You to Enjoy

You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream. Frank Zappa

You Sometimes Ugly Enough Say Giraffe Rely Write Always Want Whipped Cream Chord Filled

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz. Lou Reed

You Three Jazz Fine Pushing Chord Chords Two

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. Albert Camus

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear. Kobe Bryant

Leadership Fear Strike Topic Nerve Touch Touchy Throughout Had Fail Leaders Because Years Lot Bravery Chord

I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and I'll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that's how my life is. Joni Mitchell

Life Crazy Change People Emotions Key Will Some People My Life Thrive Drive Drop Other Changes Signature Some Weird Along Because Cliff How Go Off Going Depict Whole Chord Chords Suddenly Why

Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Life Will Action Every Some Vibrate Eternity Your Chord

I'm not an abrasive person. I do speak my mind, but my goal is never to offend. I don't intentionally want to strike a chord. Trevor Noah

Speak Mind Strike Never Goal Offend Person Intentionally Want Chord

I went to my friend's house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp. I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I'm in love. Ace Frehley

Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere. Maurice Saatchi

Time Great Nature Musicians Creativity Human Nature Trends Everywhere Kind Touch Prevailing Directors Tendencies Writers Know Practiced How Amenable Human Artists Prediction Who Chord Actor Based Humans Startling

Free music, to me, is music without boundaries. It's music that... says you don't have to play a blues in three chord change. See what I'm saying? Music that can go from any range. Al Green

Music Saying Me You Change Free Three Range Says See Boundaries Without Go Any Blues Chord Play

Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be an extrovert socially. But I'm not always comfortable with the idea of small talk at a party. Alex Kapranos

You People Party Kick Extrovert Small Kit Small Talk Idea Drum Talk Leap Comfortable Because Always Doing Scissors Off Expect Hitting Just Just Because While Chord Socially

Why play a chord when you can play one note? Alex Kapranos

You Note Chord Why Play

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school. Alvin Lee

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. Angus Young

Me Guitar Stage Strike About Small Physically Thrown Open Takes Come Because How Go Lot Left Get Just Where Act Hard Chord Play Actually Right

I don't really have a favorite genre. I could listen to a rock song, a metal song, jazz, pop music, whatever. For me, whatever style it is, it always depends on the chord progression, the lyrics, and the melody used. Bakermat

With 'Someone New', I was at my rawest, and I didn't want to cover it up. And same with 'You Should Know' and 'Under the Table.' I wanted it to be the lyrics and the chord progressions, and the intricacies of the guitar of 'Someone New' are so delicate, sometimes that's all you need. Banks

You Guitar Sometimes Lyrics Table Someone Delicate New Know Cover Up Same Want Wanted Should Chord Need

I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do. Beth Orton

Song Writing Embrace Individuality Over Learned Again Then Meant Chord

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing. Billy Corgan

Me Band Nothing Changes Everybody Definitely Responsible Seed Some Come Ideas Looks Coming Up Very Productive Chord Basic

I love to work with producers who are very good with their chord progressions. Blackbear

Work Love Good Very Producers Who Chord

Light rails are too bus-like to impress most commuters, too squished and close to the ground. Monorails, by contrast, strike a chord with travelers. There's something about the sleek designs, the pillowy rides, and the panoramic views that just enchants. Brendan I. Koerner

Light Impress Too Strike About Something Most Close Contrast Just Ground Views Chord Rides Travelers Rails Designs

Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging - weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn't want to do. I'm very grateful to him, actually. Brian Eno

The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of. Brian Setzer

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