“You see, music is so important. I don’t any longer dig the pop and politics crap. That’s old-fashioned. It was somebody’s personal opinion. But politics is old hat. Anyone can go round shaking babies by the hand and kissing the mothers, and saying that it was groovy. But you see, you can’t do this in music. Music doesn’t lie. I agree it can be misinterpreted, but it doesn’t lie. When there are vast changes in the way the world goes, it’s usually something like art and music that changes it. Music is going to change the world next time.” —Jimi Hendrix, 1970
Tag: music
quote from Roger Waters
“That’s why I call the show Us & Them, because I believe there is no ‘them.’ There’s only ‘us.'” —Roger Waters, June 2017
quote from a public internet forum
posted in a thread discussing the importance of music education in public schools:
quote from Billy Gibbons
“Our skin colours may vary, but what’s upstairs – there’s certain things we’ve all got in common.” –Billy Gibbons, 2011
quote from Albert Einstein
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician.
I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music…. I get most joy in life out of music.” –Albert Einstein
quote from Willie Nelson
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”—Willie Nelson, 2006
group singing
“As the popularity of group singing grows, science has been hard at work trying to explain why it has such a calming yet energizing effect on people. What researchers are beginning to discover is that singing is like an infusion of the perfect tranquilizer, the kind that both soothes your nerves and elevates your spirits.”
interview with Bill Frisell
“The music is a … model of what human beings can be. When you think of all the words you use to describe music, you say harmony or tension and release and consonance and dissonance, harmony, rhythm. It’s a way of fitting things together. It shows you how people can be together….” —Bill Frisell, Nevada Capital News 1/12/19
read and listen to the full interview in Nevada Capital News
John Prine buys lunch for TSA workers
“The Nashville airport is my second home and everyone there always takes care of me,” Prine explained. “It’s nice to be able to do something small for them today.” —John Prine, the boot 1/21/2019
quote from Jeff Tweedy
“Speaking of bubbles…sure, we live in a bubble. I’d love for more of you to share our bubble though! It’s awesome! In our bubble I know cops and rappers and grocery store cashiers and artists and garbage collectors…so many decent people that don’t really care that much about people being different than they are. If you can trust a reality TV star billionaire when he says, “believe me,” surely you can believe me when I say you’re welcome in my bubble. I grew up in what I think might be something like your bubble. You should at least try this one! Come on in!” —Wilco Facebook page, 1/2017