Monthly Archives: May 2014

“I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.” “My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.” Mick Jagger

“Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who’s connected with it, the studio’s gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that’s left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago.” Tom Waits

“Music is nothing separate from me. It is me… You’d have to remove the music surgically. ”   Ray Charles

“All music comes from God.” Johnny Cash

“Paint pictures with sound. First, find your white—the deepest, roundest sound you can play on the guitar. Then, find your black—which is the most extreme tonal difference from white you can play. Now, just pick the note where you’ve got white, pick it where you’ve got black, and then find all those colors in between…. Read more »

“My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50’s and 60’s and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well-known blues musicians.” Walter Becker