Julian Bream Quotes

I play a very streamlined piano.

The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire.

Mozart is always a bit of a challenge - you know, even though it is often given to very young singers, it is actually the most complicated to sing in many instances.

I love classical music; I love the way it's worked... all those chord sequences so I often use that sort of effect in my solos.

I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.

You can find the whole world of a film in one instrument, or you can find a world of sound in the orchestra.

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.

All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.

But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands.

When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain arc to that that I love.

Since I first picked up the violin, I've been very interested in tone and texture: I would have very visceral reactions to the texture of a snare drum or a pedal steel guitar or a violin.

I played piano, I learned a lot about music.

Music is all about training in harmony, training to understand and use musical energy for our greater pleasure by attuning to the natural laws of the universe.

My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.

When I think of Morricone, more than his using a specific instrument or a specific sound, it's his way of approaching music that sticks out.

Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.

You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.

You've got to be able to play in the box and play deep.

Just like using an instrument, a song calls for different things.

The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.

Chopin was a master of melody, harmony and voice leading - the art of smoothly moving from chord to chord.

When I feel like improvising, I always improvise on the guitar, never on the lute. It's as natural to me as breathing.