Gordon Getty Quotes

Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.

Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form.

I'm going to keep evolving and evolving and showing people that progression is key when it comes to music.

I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else.

It's like, how do you continue to make records that are representative of who you are that your fans will recognize as your band, while still trying to push things forward and present new sounds for people.

Music is changing. I'm just doing what I'm doing, and hopefully in the next 20, 30 years, some kids can take what I'm doing and change it again. If the music doesn't move, then it's dead.

Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.

I think there have to be Bachs and Beethovens. We may have - there are so many more people. Musical training is available to so many more, but it may be that we've hit a right wall in terms of accessible styles and since we demand innovation as a criterion of genius, there may not be more innovative styles to be found.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

Any good music must be an innovation.

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.

Music should be pushed forward.

Music is constantly developing and changing.

Music needs to move forward.

Our music is constantly evolving and changing, and when this band put out an album we always try to offer something different.

If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality.

Like many musicians, I don't look back much... only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.

In music, as I find myself forever saying, things don't get better or worse: they evolve and transform themselves.

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.