Musical Knowledge Quotes

I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.

Only after coming to Chennai did I come to know that I know nothing about music. People in Chennai are so talented in Carnatic, ghazals, etc. They can play Piano, etc so well.

I'm not a musician, I can't read music, but I came from a family of music fans. Not mad music fans, but people who like music. Both of my parents can play the piano. They were very good dancers, which I am not.

I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.

I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good.

The way I make music, I know what I'm doing, because I been doing this for so long. This is the only thing I'm good at.

I wish I could write music notation. Even if I couldn't play it, I wish I could just write it.

You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.

When you go into the studio or get up on the stage with people who have more experience or knowledge, you learn.

You need to have spent your time from playing Top 40 pop rock in order to know how to play a song like 'Ritual,' a song like 'Absolution' or 'Idolatrine.' You need to know your classic drumming and your classic guitar.

Slowly, over time, I learned enough that I started considering myself a musician, where I actually knew how to play instruments. But still, when I talk to my real musician friends, they're calling chords out, and I have no idea what they're talking about.

I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

I didn't learn music because I wanted to become famous or earn a lot of money. It was to follow my father's advice and learn as much as I could about music.

I had an edge in 'Andhadhun' because, being a musician, I knew how to play a guitar, so it was not difficult for me to learn a musical instrument.

My musical knowledge goes beyond hip-hop.

No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

I spent a lot of time with the Neville Brothers and Dr. John and different people. They play different styles of music, and it allowed me to learn different styles.

I am pretty well versed in the knowledge of music.

For me, sampling is a high art. Most people don't see it that way, but it's a beautiful thing. I wouldn't know anything about music if it wasn't for samples.

Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was.

I knew I was a good singer - I've been singing my whole life, so I was comfortable enough with that - I felt like I could compensate with not being great on guitar.

I was always good at music.

I'm perceived as someone who goes out and searches for new music, but it was all present in my household.

I'm a musician, and I feel like musicians owe it to themselves and owe it to music to concern themselves with as much of music as interests them. Even if you decide that you're never going to compose, you will be a better performer if you concern yourself with the craft of composition.

Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano.