Solo Quotes - page 7

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already. (Cy Coleman)
When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo. View quote
Carla Bley
Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing. View quote
David Knopfler
On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president. View quote
Dee Dee Myers
Legal dialogue is awesome, but you can't ad lib. It's much more fun to be looser and say things like, 'Can I work in a Han Solo reference?' I'm a 'Star Wars' freak. View quote
Diane Neal
On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead. View quote
Don Ellis
It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time. View quote
Dan Deacon
I wished that I could have been down there because Paul actually wanted me to do the tour with him, but then he realized that it just wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be a solo tour anymore. It would look like just half of KISS. View quote
Eric Carr
I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing. View quote
Evelyn Glennie
And I've always loved playing solo. View quote
Glen Hansard
Nobody told Don Henley or me that we were going to make it as solo artists, but I can speak for Don when I say that we are both really happy now that the band is not together. (Glenn Frey)
There are right and wrong reasons for doing solo projects, and this album was done for the right reasons. At the time there was no Judas Priest and I certainly wasn't going to hang my hat up on my musical career. View quote
Glenn Tipton
I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again. View quote
Gary Cherone
Learning isn't something you should only do solo. View quote
Geoff Mulgan
When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough. View quote
J Mascis
If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs. View quote
James Iha
It's too heart-wrenching doing the solo thing. I throw myself into it and get so excited, and then 2000 people buy it and you're, like, 'Oh. I guess it's not that good after all.' View quote
Jane Wiedlin
I can't tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it all solo. View quote
Jennie Finch
I've always toured solo acoustic. View quote
Jewel
I enjoy my solo career because I get to play smaller places like clubs and theaters, and the interaction with the audience is much higher quality. It also sounds better than a baseball stadium. Everybody has a good seat, and I don't have to play a specific part like I do in the Eagles. View quote
Joe Walsh
You're just sort of searching for this 'thing' and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz since you're improvising, at least the way I play, I'm trying to follow my train of thought in a solo. (John Abercrombie)
That was the producer who produced a couple of my solo albums. He produced my second, third and fourth solo albums. It was his project and I just joined him on it. I sang on one and played bass on another one. View quote
John Entwistle
Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist. View quote
John Legend
Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity. View quote
John Oates
My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith and Mike Patton, then we're improvising together. Then it's not my music; it's our music. View quote
John Zorn