Frankie Ballard Quotes

Only one music comes out of me.

The guitar speaks for me and it says things - hopefully - for everybody that I play for.

As a solo artist, my desire is to express myself through my music.

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

Sure, I love people, and I want to communicate with people. I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

I never was very capable of expressing my feelings or emotions in words. I don't know whether this is the cause why I did it in music and also why I did it in painting. Or vice versa: That I had this way as an outlet. I could renounce expressing something in words.

I started to perform when I was 12... I don't talk too much. I let the music do the talking.

With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal.

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

Language is an inadequate form of communication. If you've picked up an instrument, it's because you don't feel you are communicating sufficiently.

Music expresses - you express yourself with music.

There are things I want to say: They are very important to me, and, not being a writer, I do it through movies.

I think a guitar solo is how my emotion is most freely released, because verbal articulation isn't my strongest communication strength. My wife thinks that I should do interviews by listening to the questions and playing the answer on guitar.

I think that for every artist, it's very important to have an output and to feel very strongly about the music you're producing.

You know the way you tell your life story to a friend? I just told mine to a piano.

Writing music is something very natural... this is the way to communicate with other people.

Every now and then, I like to take a break from the visual arts and play a few songs on guitar. I don't play them for anyone.

When I play music, I realize that it filters emotions. I believe that peoples' voices are expressed in their emotions, and I try to do the same with my music.

I found I could speak through the guitar. Because you have the feel of the strings with both hands and it's up against your solar plexus, it's real, and so there's nothing between you and the music.

I express my thoughts through my music.

For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself.

Violin was my first form of expression - and is still in a lot of ways.

Music is one way of expressing yourself, and fashion is another.