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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.

We're just a biological speculation, Sittin' here, vibratin', And we don't know what we're vibratin' about
- Funkadelic “Biological Speculation”, 1972
Stevie [Ray Vaughan] was very kind, soft-spoken, personable – truly a sweet, gentle person that would give you the shirt off his back and do anything for people he liked.
- Jimmie Vaughan on his brother
I'm gonna do one song for you -- but I'm gonna do it good.
- Neil Diamond, The Last Waltz
So it was through Bill (Graham) that I meet the Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia is their guitar player and I (we) hit it off great talking about music-what they liked and what I liked-and I think we all learned something, grew some. Jerry loved jazz and I found out that he loved my music and had been listening to it for a long time
- Miles Davis
I'll be glad to get to hell so I can lay down by the fire and rest
- Delta blues guitarist Johnny Shines
See my skin is white, but my soul is black
- Steve Marriott, Humble Pie, "Black Coffee"
When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like the church does. People don't go to church to find trouble; they go there to lose it.
- James Brown
Most of the songs that are written uptown in Tin Pan Alley, that's where most of the folk songs come from nowadays
- Bob Dylan
The sun, the moon and the herbs is all here and they call on you
- Dr John, Black John the Conqueror, The Sun Moon & Herbs (1971)
The local law enforcement authorities never expected ... the spirit of 'Music, Love and Flowers' to take over to the point where they'd allow themselves to be festooned with flowers.
- Founder Lou Adler on the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
I really appreciate it when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues
- Johnny Winter
I had lots of favorites. Otis Rush was important. 'So Many Roads' sent shivers up my spine.
- Jimmy Page
When I joined Miles Davis band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the tunes!
- Keith Jarrett, speaking of his time with the Miles Davis band.
I just like the blues better than rock n roll.
- Johnny Winter
This Record Should Be Played Loud
- Back cover of The Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed
Matter of fact, I put hands on my first electric guitar November 10th, 1960, at three o'clock that Saturday afternoon.
- Gregg Allman
I'd like to do a song of great social and political import. It goes like this...
- Janis Joplin
Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
- Kris Kristofferson
I used to be sort of like a blues singer...
- Janis Joplin
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues
- David Bowie, "Let's Dance"