Musical Unity Quotes

Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.

The band's a really close-knit family. We've got fantastically good friendships and relationships that have developed after all these years.

I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band.

I feel it's quite important to have a band but what's more vital is to be friends with the members of the band. If there's not a bond there, you won't be able to jam. Apart from that, it's also vital to have the same vibe.

Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.

I wanted to make an album that plays from the top to bottom and feels together and complete. That's just something that felt important.

I feel albino musicians could neutralise all the racial problems.

Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.

To me, the secret of Eddie Van Halen was Alex Van Halen, because the way Alex played was so loose and the way the two of them locked together… Those two are connected so thoroughly they might as well be one person.

And it's very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is a factor or element in Celtic music that is similar in music that we find in Japan, the United States, Europe, and even China and other Asian countries.

Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and to each other.

I think one of the most valuable things Aerosmith has is the energy we produce when we all play together.

When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.

What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band.

I've performed in China, France, New Delhi, and Indianapolis, and everybody just allows themselves to go at it and have a good time. I think that's what I'm doing through music. It's not about 'I'm from here and you're from there.' It's about unity.

Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.

That's the one part where being brothers makes a difference. It's just instinct. That's the charm of what the Everly Brothers are: two guys singing as one.

For me, great jazz records really feel like everyone in the room is playing together in a zone - and all the musicians are completely in sync with each other.

The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band.

Music is one whole force. And I think the Proms have always represented very clearly that music is a universal language, one that everyone can speak. I've just followed my goosebumps in every direction and have found a recipe for what my music feels and sounds like.

All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story.

I prefer the band aspect of things. I feel comfortable. It feels good to look to my left and right and see three other people on stage with you that love music as much as you.

The music is first and foremost everything - no egos, no attitude, nothing - it's about the music.