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Solo Quotes
On your own, and finding your own sound.
These quotes follow musicians striking out on their own solo projects and performers reflecting on beloved solo characters from film. For more on creative independence, see Artist quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to UCLA and studied studio art. I thought I was going to be a gallery painter, photographer, or ceramicist. Then, when I graduated, that didn't happen immediately. I didn't suddenly get solo shows in Chelsea, and I realized that is actually kind of difficult to break into.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't intend to make one solo record, much less two. It's really a matter of seeing how it goes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to do a solo record, and in 1999, I went over to Japan and did a project called NiNa, where I co-wrote with Yuki from Judy and Mary. It just sort of unleashed this realization in me that I could write.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to do a solo project. I've always known I wanted to be a musician.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote a whole solo album and recorded some of it, even did a little tour with Sara Lee and Gail Ann Dorsey.
- Nov 07, 2020
The radio is playing jazz, and I listen to the sound of the trumpet playing a solo until I become that sound.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith and Mike Patton, then we're improvising together. Then it's not my music; it's our music.
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was the producer who produced a couple of my solo albums. He produced my second, third and fourth solo albums. It was his project and I just joined him on it. I sang on one and played bass on another one.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was no such thing as a solo career in East Germany. You had to get the best orchestra job that you could.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often think about starting a band again, doing my solo stuff and a band. I grew up in bands.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.
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- Nov 07, 2020