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.
We could never recreate the feeling of this note in the studio, especially the particular resonance between the piano and the Leslie
- Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason on that famous NOTE in Echoes
Washington DC, lord, it's a bourgeois town
- Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter
Beyoncé had impressed everyone by requesting an arrangement á la roots singer-songwriter Seasick Steve. She didn't use it.
- Pari Dukovic, Rolling Stone
I'm only gonna do one song, but I'm gonna do it good.
- Neil Diamond, The Last Waltz
That was my introduction to T-Model Ford. It had a big influence on me, and I thought I could have fun doing this kind of music. Later, a friend and I went down to Greenville, Mississippi, to find T-Model Ford.
- Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys
It had started raining and I had to close the show. Janis was screaming. When she took off her shoes I thought, Oh Lord. And when she started leaping up and down I thought, Look at this woman. And you know, she could scream too. I thought, Oh my God. She stopped the whole thing. Got three standing ovations. She was very dangerous, that girl.
- Little Richard on Janis Joplin
I have an iPod and I put all my favorite stuff on there. You can dial up anything. I mostly listen to blues.
- Gregg Allman
There is no white rock or black rock. There is only two kinds of music — good and bad.
- Jimi Hendrix, 1969
You know people have tried to put me off as being crazy, Sometimes it’s to your advantage for people to think you’re crazy.
- Thelonious Sphere Monk
Curtis, you and the penguin are the only family we got... Singin' Elmore James tunes, and blowin' the harp for us down here.
- Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers
Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait, and love one another.
- The Beatles' George Harrison's Final words
My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.
- Jimmy Page
Sometimes I get a good feeling
- Etta James, Something's A Hold On Me
If they act too hip you know they can't play shit.
- Miles Davis
Every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace.
- Duane Allman
Soon enough time will tell about the circus and the wishing well
- Jimi Hendrix
Ain't studdin ya, one monkey don't stop no show
- Bobby Rush
I'm the best guitarist in this chair.
- Jimi Hendrix
Miles just called and said he wants this album to be titled: "BITCHES BREW". Please Advise.
- Memo from Teo Macero, Nov. 14th, 1969
My hero is Bonnie Raitt. Me and her are just like this [two fingers locked]...We're real close.
- John Lee Hooker