#chords

I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords appear in my mind like photographs long before I get to them. ↗

— Earl Hines

#before #chords #get #i #i think

I get the same charge from juxtaposition of colors as I do from juxtaposition of chords. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#chords #colors #get #i #i do

Yeah, I can read music and I know the names of chords. ↗

— Dave Navarro

#i #i can #know #music #names

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 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

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

— Willie Nelson

#country #song #three #truth

I understand I'm supposed to be feminine and dainty, but I'm not. There are two sides to the coin. People are more impressed with things that I do because they almost treat you as if you're handicapped if you're a woman... people can be impressed that I can play a few chords on the guitar. ↗

— Kesha

#because #chords #coin #dainty #feminine

When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#backward #chords #experimenting #favorite #first

I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords. ↗

— B. B. King

#good #horrible #i

I don't know about five guys against the world. It's more like five guys against these three chords, and we're gonna wrestle 'em down no matter what it takes. ↗

— Benmont Tench

#against #chords #down #five #gonna