Music quotes

[Worm of Despite]

I found a cool quote about drumming/playing in general, but no proper thread for it.

"When I first started playing, I was interested in music and I was able to read it. But when I moved into playing with groups, I did a silly thing and dropped it. I do think it's great to be able to write down ideas in music form. But I also think that feeling is a lot more important in drumming than mere technique. It's all very well to be playing a triple paradiddle--but who's going to know you're actually doing it? If you pay too much attention to technique, you start to sound like every other drummer does. I think that being original is what counts. When I listen to other drummers, I like to be able to say, 'Oh, that's nice, I haven't heard that before.' I think that being yourself as a drummer is so much better than sounding like anyone else."
- John Bonham

[danlo]

One of my favorite music quotes of all time is Neil Young looking back at the surprize success of Harvest:

"Travelling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there."