Howard Roberts famous quotes

I've come up with the theory that the music is within. We don't bring it in; it's already there. We have to figure out how to get it out.
-- Howard Roberts

#Music #Figures #Come Up

Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential... Whenever musicians have trouble executing a passage, they generally tend to blame themselves for not having enough talent. Actually, all that's wrong is they don't know where their fingers are supposed to go...you should learn the piece in your head before you play it. And when you do play it, play it so slow that there's no possibility of making a mistake.
-- Howard Roberts

#Mistake #Guitar #Play

Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the other greats. Analyzing Bach absolutely influenced my jazz playing.
-- Howard Roberts

#Music #Running #Bats

... the hardest studio music to play is Tom & Jerry - cartoons. The music makes absolutely no sense, as music. You can't get into hearing it. There's nothing to hear-'bleep!, blop! scratch!' and it comes fast; everything's first take. That'll change the way you look at life.
-- Howard Roberts

#Music #Play #Cartoon

Chord substitution isn't some mysterious religious sect.
-- Howard Roberts

#Funny #Inspiring #Religious

I feel an autumnal Saturday, no matter how beautiful, is wasted if it doesn't find me sitting in on a football game.
-- Howard Roberts

#Beautiful #Football #Games

A good musician can do more to change society than 30 average mayors.
-- Howard Roberts

#Average #Musician #Mayors

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."

My heart and soul are in the Stratocaster

Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to do that.

But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's to know what's possible to want.

There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure.

It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.

People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.

If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more.

To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.