Solo Quotes

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. (Samuel Butler (novelist))
I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control. View quote
Bruce Dickinson
I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not. View quote
T. H. White
By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important. View quote
Barry Gibb
My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort. View quote
Adrian Belew
I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record. View quote
Adrian Belew
I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people. View quote
Derek Bailey
I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music. View quote
Steve Lacy
Listening to as many guitar solos as possible is the best method for someone in the early stages. But saxophone solos can be helpful. They're interesting because they're all single notes, and therefore can be repeated on the guitar. If you can copy a sax solo you're playing very well, because the average saxophonist can play much better than the average guitarist. View quote
Ritchie Blackmore
If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book ... that's no fun at all. View quote
Joe Satriani
When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight And he'll win the whole thing ‘fore he enters the ring There's no body to batter when your mind is your might So when you go solo you hold your own hand And remember that depth is the greatest of heights And if you know where you stand then you know where to land And if you fall it won't matter cuz you'll know that you're right. (Fiona Apple)
I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted. View quote
Abby Sunderland
Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor. View quote
Abby Sunderland
I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn't weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient. View quote
Neil Patrick Harris
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. View quote
Francis Ford Coppola
The research side of academic life is often viewed from the outside as a solo and, at times, lonely activity. In fact, it is quite the opposite: a communal activity in significant part where interaction and interchange generate ideas and critiques of them. View quote
Michael Spence
It just felt like the right time to focus on solo material. View quote
Maurice Gibb
The sax solo as we know it today would not exist without Gerry Rafferty. His 1978 soft-rock classic 'Baker Street' has to be the 'Ulysses' of rock & roll saxophone, giving the entire chorus over to Raphael Ravenscroft's sax solo, creating one of the Seventies' most enduringly creepy sounds. View quote
Rob Sheffield
Flourishing is not a solo endeavor. View quote
Barbara Fredrickson
The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another way and to learn more about writing, recording, etcetera. View quote
Ken Hensley
Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest. (John Bonham)
Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife. View quote
Tim Gunn
It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that. View quote
James Bay
I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band. View quote
James Bay
Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for other people, I couldn't do this and I couldn't do that. These guys were trying to nail my feet to the ground. View quote
Sammy Hagar