Gord Downie Quotes

I know melody. I know rhythm; I know bass guitar; I know the piano. I know everything about music that helps build the music that go along with creating the whole art form, you know what I'm saying?

I love building a song up from nothing and jumping from one instrument to another.

No matter what, I'm always interested in making music.

I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.

I love putting the music together. It's like art.

The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't.

I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song.

I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.

I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling.

I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.

I love making music. I love being involved in arranging music. It's very natural to know what I want to hear next and come up with ideas that are variations of what might be good.

I think, for me, a way to really come up with new ideas and come up with new ways of writing music is to create a unique sound palette or soundscape for all the films I'm working on.

The only thing that makes sense to me that I've learnt over the years is knocking tunes together.

I played around with GarageBand before, but I'd never actually made a proper song. So it was getting into the studio with him where I made my first proper song. I've always loved creative writing, so I had done that as well.

I just want to focus on creating more music.

We're always recording music, writing songs.

All day long you write little ideas on the piano and the guitar, but sometimes all you have to do is come in, set up the mic, press record and start the process.

I just do what I do. I like to make music.

Unlike motor sport, I didn't get into music for the live performances. I like writing and studio work and seeing how a song can come to life.

If you're going to start with melody you'll need some tympani, I think.

Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing. Directing is very musical.

There's more to being a musician than just making music.

The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.

That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.