Music is like a really sacred, awesome thing. That first 45 minutes to two hours that you're on stage spending time with music every night is... →
Tift Merritt
By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a... →
Thomas Merton
No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone.
Olivier Messiaen
When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion, folk music had come to an end and I felt... →
Jim Messina
Listening is the key to everything good in music.
Pat Metheny
Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.
I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!
I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly... →
I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have... →
The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.