Music Quotes
MUSIC QUOTES
We keep a database of awesome hand-picked quotes from a variety of authors, musicians, and key people about music, soul, jazz, musicianship, guitars and all things music! Every order you receive from our shop, find a fun new music quote on the bottom of your packing slip! Below are some of our favorites.
Okay, the Allman Brothers Band…
– Michael Ahern, At Fillmore East
If this band is our brightest hope for the future then we are committing rock n roll suicide
– Record Mirror review of QUEEN, 1974
– Record Mirror review of QUEEN, 1974
[John Coltrane] was studying Buddha sometime near the last gig [of his life] and found that there was a chant where you could pound your chest and it would change the sound of your voice. He wanted to get that quiver on the horn, and when he couldn’t get it, he’d put the horn down, beat on his chest and scream into the microphone. People really thought he’d lost his mind then.
– Rashied Ali, drummer for John Coltrane
– Rashied Ali, drummer for John Coltrane
I’m gonna take it on down to Soulsville
– Isaac Hayes
– Isaac Hayes
Ain’t studdin ya, one monkey don’t stop no show
– Bobby Rush
– Bobby Rush
Take it easy, Lucille
– B.B. King
– B.B. King
If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’
– John Lennon
– John Lennon
The idea of ‘Spoonful’ was that it doesn’t take a large quantity of anything to be good. If you have a little money when you need it, you’re right there in the right spot, that’ll buy you a whole lot.
– Howlin’ Wolf
– Howlin’ Wolf
“He took it all too far, but boy, he couldn’t play guitar.”
– Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten’s farewell to Sid Vicious
– Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten’s farewell to Sid Vicious
The Blues is the three L’s. — Living, Loving, and, hopefully, laughing.
– B.B. King
– B.B. King
I went to a record store. The sign out front said they specialize in hard to find records and tapes. Nothing was alphabetized.
– Mitch Hedberg
– Mitch Hedberg
I’m gonna play something so funky you can smell it
– Buddy Guy
– Buddy Guy
Everybody has the Blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith.
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I just sprayed Albert King all over the f***er
– Stevie Ray Vaughan, on playing guitar for David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’
– Stevie Ray Vaughan, on playing guitar for David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’
A bluesman is just different from any other man that walks this earth. The blues is something that is hard to get acquainted with. Just like death. The blues dwell with you everyday and everywhere.
– Lightnin’ Hopkins
– Lightnin’ Hopkins
Feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues.
– Janis Joplin, “Me And Bobby McGee”
– Janis Joplin, “Me And Bobby McGee”
You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.
– David Bowie
– David Bowie
I had a different kind of collaboration with David [Bowie] and it was more to do with the singing. All those English guys felt I could sing. They felt there was something to learn from my singing. My vocals are natural.
– Tina Turner
– Tina Turner
It’s a wonderful thing the young have when they get on a roll. We were running on momentum and adrenaline.
– Elton John, 2014 Rolling Stone interview on making ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’
– Elton John, 2014 Rolling Stone interview on making ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’
Sometimes I get a good feeling
– Etta James, Something’s A Hold On Me
– Etta James, Something’s A Hold On Me