Chords Quotes - Page 19

• Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Song, Three

  FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Dec 04, 2013

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• I would like to visit the factory that makes train horns, and ask them how they are able to arrive at that chord of eternal mournfulness. Is it deliberately sad? Are the horns saying, Be careful, stay away from this train or it will run you over and then people will grieve, and their grief will be as the inconsolable wail of this horn through the night? The out-of-tuneness of the triad is part of its beauty.

  Nicholson Baker

  Running, Grief, Grieving

  Nicholson Baker (2007). “Vintage Baker”, p.181, Vintage

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• A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Song, Art

  "Willie Nelson: 'Three Chords and the Truth—That's What a Country Song Is'". Interview with Dotson Rader, parade.com. June 27, 2010.

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• I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and I'll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that's how my life is.

  Joni Mitchell

  Crazy, Keys, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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• Will none of the powers that be realize what Brian Wilson did with the chords. Deftly taking from all sources, old rock, Four Freshman, he got in his records a beautiful hybrid sound - Let Him Run Wild, Don't Worry Baby, I Get Around, Fun, Fun, Fun - 'and she had fun, fun, fun 'till her daddy took her T-bird away.'

  Lou Reed

  Beautiful, Running, Baby

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