“George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.”
– Paul McCartney
Tag: Music
Play
“Blues ain’t football. You don’t have to retire at 30. You can grow and play all your life.” – Elvin Bishop
White Rabbit
“‘White Rabbit’ was mostly done in about two days, the music in about half an hour. The music is a ‘Bolero’ rip-off and the lyrics a rearrangement of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ You take two spectacular hits and throw them together, and it’s hard to miss.” – Grace Slick
Literacy
“Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.” – Grace Slick
Blue Skies
“Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see”
– Ella Fitzgerald
Moving
“I start in the middle of a sentence and move both directions at once.” – John Coltrane
Listening
“Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.” – John Coltrane
