Paul Gilbert Quotes

We've seen that there are a lot of people out there - teenagers in Topeka, housewives in Long Island, millionaire Internet start-up moguls - that all want to connect with each other about what it is to be human.

I think music is one of the clearest ways to connect between people of all differences.

Music - you need the give and take from the audience, the feeling of attention. It's not about me: it's about the music itself.

I want to keep people engaged and I want them to feel connected to what I'm doing.

Collaboration has become really integral to my process. I play music so that I can spend time with my friends and communicate in that way. I experience so much joy in that process, because, you know, it's those times of getting together and playing music and all that comes with it that are the best for me.

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.

Music is shared. It's a shared feeling; that's what music is all about. When you listen to a song with someone else, it becomes more than just a song. It defines relationships.

The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we are all in this together.

I don't know if it's changing already with 'Joanne,' but my intention is to bring people together that don't know each other and that would maybe feel awkward, but somehow be brought together by the music. That's what I wanted to do. Because that is pure and authentic to my family history and what I stand for.

Making music with people is a very intimate process.

Music is something that is supposed to connect people on a pure level.

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people you love.

When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's ears.

The value of emotions comes from sharing them, not just having them.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

Sweet intercourse of looks and smiles; for smiles from reason flow.

I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers.

I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.

It's a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.

There is something profoundly satisfying about sharing a meal. Eating together, breaking bread together, is one of the oldest and most fundamentally unifying of human experiences.

It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, Are you scared, too? You bet your sweet life I am. Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too. We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, Who else feels like this? the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.

I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others.

Sometimes chemistry does the trick, and other times, you have to forge that with the people.

Personal chemistry forges the way for musical chemistry.