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When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do.

~Dave Matthews

Topics: Chords Favorite Going Just Keep Listen Manage Many Melodies Notes Occasionally Often Right Right Time Simple Songwriters Stop Time Too Until Way Words

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

~Dave Navarro

Topics: Chords Know Music Names Read Yeah I Can

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Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.

~David Bowie

Topics: Across Chords Few Place Put Reflective Sometimes Stumble You

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There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.

~David Bowie

Topics: Along Always Any Been Chords Everything Expressing Jolly Just Me Means Melodies Other Say Want Way Words

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A lot of my friends are doctors, and the difference between me and them is there's no musical emergencies to pull me away from dinner. 'I need the chords for that song right now!' No, it can wait.

~David Bryan

Topics: Away Between Chords Difference Dinner Doctors Emergencies Friends Lot Me Musical Need Now Pull Right Song Them Wait

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All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.

~David Byrne

Topics: Chords Could Couple Few Indie Instruments Label Needed You

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I played with so many musicians and some of the musicians would have something I want. I steal a lot of them, and I mash it up, I mash it up into my chords.

~David Edwards

Topics: Chords Lot Many Mash Musicians Played Some Something Steal Them Up Want Would

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As a melody instrument player, it's all about getting from one note to the next, and those intervals and how you navigate your way through these vertical structures of chords. You realize that everything's moving forward, and it's all linear.

~David Sanborn

Topics: About Chords Everything Forward Getting How Instrument Intervals Linear Melody Moving Moving Forward Navigate Next Note Player Realize Structures Those Through Vertical Way You Your

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Music is the language of the angels. You can hear just one or two chords, one or two notes of a song, and bam - you're right back there, you're right back in that moment, you're back in that day, you're back at that prom, you're back in the car.

~Delilah

Topics: Angels Back Car Chords Day Hear Just Just One Language Moment Music Notes One Or Two Prom Right Right Back Song Two You

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I like to start with an idea, but then again, I might be sitting at the keyboard, and just playing a bunch of chords that sound cool together, and something just inspires an idea from that.

~Diane Warren

Topics: Again Bunch Chords Cool Idea Inspires Just Keyboard Like Might Playing Sitting Something Sound Start Then Together

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