Pat Metheny Quotes

It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music.

I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.

I love jazz and pop rock and country. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Anne Murray - if I hear something really great... I want to be a part of it.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

The great love of my life is music.

A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are those pieces of music that thrill your soul. It's such a wide range, and it's really interesting that we all love different things.

What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay. I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

I first fell in love with music when I was a little boy. When I first heard music, I felt the beauty in it. Then, being able to tap along on a table top and box was great, but my favorite thing to do was to watch records spin. I would almost get hypnotized by it. These things are what drew me in initially.

I love interpreting other people's music.

Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it.

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.

I guess from 12 onwards I was always into my music.

You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.

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

In '92 - '93, I was at that age when I was looking for my identity and that's when I found dance music and I really fell in love with it.

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.

Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.

I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at 'The Improper Bostonian.' It's just something I've always loved very deeply.

Music was the first art form I ever had.

I think the music defends myself. I don't think anyone should put a race on any genre. It's just a way of expressing yourself through instruments and sounds, right? People can just listen to the music.

I see music as a lifetime affair.

I don't want people to think that I think I'm this great drummer because, to me, I'm just a kid playing drums, and I love music.