Julian Bream Quotes

The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I'd probably be writing similar stuff if I played guitar or trumpet. The pictures I want to draw I do with this crayon I chose, which is the bass.

I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.

I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar has always been the instrument that I've played. I play a little piano. I taught myself everything by ear. I don't read music at all, which has not really been a hindrance.

I don't think you can have a calculated approach towards learning music.

The Fender Precision is my instrument, my beloved Precisions.

If you can say something special on the guitar, then you're going to perk my ears up. But if you're just gonna run through all the scales, then I can always find something else to listen to.

I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop.

I'm an interpreter of music.

I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.

I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

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.

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.

I wanted to play the piano, but my fingers weren't long enough, so I took up the guitar.

If I try to write a song, I will completely fail to write a song. But if I'm just holding my guitar and I just start humming, then I'll have a song in an hour.

I'm not an intellectual composer.

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano.

I can't even read music. All I know is whether I think it sounds good and if I like what I'm doing.

The thing with music education is that it is good at teaching technique, but not texture. You only learn about that from listening to music and experimenting on your own.

I find it natural to write on the bass, and a lot of people find that really odd.

I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately - a song - and once I start, I have to finish it.

The banjo is my chosen instrument - it's what I write my music on.

The creative process of composing music has always fascinated me.

I didn't have to apply my mind to the aspects of scales and playing, and instead, I focused on creativity. I wrote music, but I didn't 'practice' it. So yeah, you can always get better and improve your technique, but hopefully, that comes through being a musician and composing and being a creative individual.