Instrumental Solos Quotes

Nobody is playing music like this, like the Allman Brothers, and there's still a lot of fans out there, so that's what we're doing with Les Brers.

Dream Theater music, there's a lot of background and context to the songs, as far as the subject matter and the albums they come from.

I prefer a heart player; I prefer someone like a blues player, like Jeff Healey. Jeff Healey I think is tremendous.

When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in the band sang and we did a lot of harmonies.

When I started rhyming, my favorite rhythms were from John Coltrane and some of the things he did on sax. And certain rhythms that I hear on drums, I try to emulate with my words, dropping on the same patterns that them beats or them notes would hit.

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats.

I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.

We always mess around with riffs and stuff and kind of jam out during sound checks, but we never actually started playing covers live until we started goofing off a little bit more on stage.

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

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.

We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.

I really enjoy the moments with Alter Bridge where I can step out and play lead and have fun.

Every girl is a singer. I wanted to learn the solos and play lead guitar. I would meticulously teach myself solos so when dudes were like, 'Oh, you're a girl, you can't play guitar,' I could rip these insane Telecaster blues solos and tell them, 'Yeah, I can burn up a fret board.'

James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.

I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again and there's a certain musical virtuosity involved in it.

I tend to like the traditional sound: three-part harmonies, guitar, and piano. I mean, a well-played guitar is a joy forever... or something.

When you listen to a Yes album, you should listen to the whole thing through headphones with the lights off.

I wanted to have a band that could rock as hard as the Who and sing like the Beatles and the Beach Boys; a band that could play concise, three-and-a-half minute songs with power and elegance.