#chords

I'd been thinking I'd have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just learn three chords in a week and you're away. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#been #chords #how #i #just

I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape. ↗

— Andrew Dost

#chords #fit #folds #healthy #how

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#because #chords #heard #i #i can

If you play more than two chords, you're showing off. ↗

— Woody Guthrie

#more #off #play #showing #than

Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#chords #decide #detail #doing #go

Country music is three chords and the truth. ↗

— Harlan Howard

#country #country music #music #three #truth

I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes. ↗

— Neil Innes

#help #i #melodies #sometimes #used

I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it. ↗

— Jeremy Spencer

#guitar #i #just #lead #lead guitar

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there. ↗

— Brian Eno

#back #bar #broke #cause #chords

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