Jools Holland Quotes

I get interested in the various ways that music is being done in the culture, and some of it I like thoroughly enough to want to learn about it. The way I have been successful at doing that is to become part of it.

As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.

Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I'm working the music.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.

I'm a lover of songs.

Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.

I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes.

Learning music must be made easy and fun.

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over.

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.

I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got kicked out. You had to go to your class, so I don't know if that counts as studying. I didn't study jazz. I was supposed to.

I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage.

I love making music, though. I love playing.

Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.

Music is the universal language that everyone can understand.

I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested I was in music from a young age. They would take me to the side and just play some things in my ear, and I would try to play it back to them.

I studied piano for seven years and play for my own enjoyment.

A good song is a good song.

Everything I know, I stole directly from Ace Frehley, Angus Young, and Keith Richards. That's how you learn.

I got into rock music at thirteen, listening to Van Halen, learned how to play the electric guitar.

I like choir music. I sincerely do!

I'm all about the melody.

As far as the music goes, I like melody.