#chord

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school. ↗

— Alvin Lee

#chord #desk #did #four #frets

When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#favorite #going #i #i do #just

Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

#chord #i #like #lyrics #out

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#complex #emotions #europeans #experiencing #handle

Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#country #song #three #truth

I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do. ↗

— Beth Orton

#chord #embrace #i #i do #individuality

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz. ↗

— Lou Reed

#chords #fine #into #jazz #pushing

If it has more than three chords, it's jazz. ↗

— Lou Reed

#jazz #more #than #three

You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you're got music. ↗

— Sid Vicious

#go #got #just #music #pick

You treat the air as a canvas and the paint is the chords that come through your fingers, out of the keyboard. ↗

— Pharrell Williams

#canvas #chords #come #fingers #keyboard