Musical Heart Quotes

To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit.

I wear my musical heart on my sleeve and show all my influences off. I'm happy for someone to point out that my song sounds like someone else's.

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.

I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,' where anyone could just get up on stage to perform. It was just about the soul and heart of music. My upbringing was less about being great and more about just doing what you love. It was always for joy.

Sometimes I write music, sometimes I don't. I think I'm just writing more what's close to my heart, and musical stuff is close to my heart, and it's fun to write, and when something's fun to write you don't think about what statement you're trying to make or what genre you're trying to hone in on.

I don't think the important part of making music is the method used but rather the spirit put into it, so to speak.

Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white soul. He's singing and he's writing songs from the bottom of his gut.

There's something about rhythm and bass sections generally, how the bass and drums interact, that's basically the soul of any song.

With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart.