Musical Pause Quotes

I think Phish will come back. I just think it's time for a breather.

I sometimes use a girl singer the way Henny Youngman uses his violin - as a bridge between one laugh and the next.

When I rejoined AC/DC in 1994 I hadn't played for about eight years.

The turnaround is when you have a solo in betwixt the verses. You stoppin' to have a solo.

When you're making music or playing a song, I find the moments when there are no instruments being played even stronger than when they are being played. Because they add tension. It's also an ego-less thing - a place where you have no ego - when you're with a bunch of musicians who stop and listen instead.

[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And everybody would go 'Yeah!

It wasn't like I picked a camera up in 1989 and stopped making music. I picked a camera up and found another form of expression.

Slipknot's the kind of band you need to step away from and kind of take a break from and let it heal, so to speak.

To me, part of the beauty of a comma is that it offers a rest, like one in music: a break that gives the whole piece of music greater shape, deeper harmony. It allows us to catch our breath.

In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.