- Piano
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keyboard Quotes
Quotes on playing and building on keyboard
These keyboard quotes describe layering drum patterns, bass lines, and melodies before a song comes together, plus the nerves of setting up gear on stage. Browse our Guitar collection.
- Last Updated on Jul 31, 2026
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard and guitar part, and once the groove is going I launch into the song and sing my song over the top.
- Bus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned you can't write on a computer on a bus. It jiggles too much, especially an Apple. The keyboard jiggles around too much, and there are too many typos.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though The Cure helped pioneer the jangly, dance-oriented guitar and keyboard style it continues to embrace, there are other bands that now employ the post-punk style with greater flair. This leaves The Cure's live presentation seeming a bit anonymous.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm basically a keyboard player, so if it's got a keyboard on it, I'll give it a shot. I played a lot of organ in the early days. I can make a few chords on guitar, but that's about it.
- Treat
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- Nov 07, 2020
You treat the air as a canvas and the paint is the chords that come through your fingers, out of the keyboard.
- Nov 07, 2020
The keyboard is my journal.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors - a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020