“ Do you think I worry about your lousy fiddle when the spirit moves me? ”

 - Beethoven, In response to a complaint about one of his string quartets.

 “ My theory is that music is good, it’s the only religion that delivers the goods. ”

 - Frank Zappa, in a TV interview on his two pet topics.

“ I’m still the best Keith Moon-style drummer in the world. ”

 - Keith Moon, On his deteriorating ability due to drug and alcohol abuse on the album Who Are You

“ I’ll play it and tell you what it is later. ”

 - Miles Davis, during a recording session for Prestige, on the album “Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet” (1956).

“ He’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles! ”

 - Paul McCartney, When asked whether or not he believed Ringo Starr to be the best drummer in the world.

“ People deserve… the truth. They deserve honesty. The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it’s essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. ”

 - Bruce Springsteen, On Rock.

“ If you think you are too old to rock ‘n roll then you are. ”

 - Lemmy Kilmister, Ditto.

“ If you gotta ask, you’ll never know. ”

 - Louis Armstrong’s reported response to the question “What is jazz?”

“ I don’t give a fuck if you boo, as long as you boo in key … ”

- Jimi Hendrix, don’t know how or when, but too kick-ass to care. 

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Ankit Soni is a vagabond dabbler in arts of all sorts, with a passion for music and literature. He loves Jazz and Rock, hates self-help books, pursues photography and records music for fun. Well, not really. He is allegedly a student of Banking and finance, and still cant decide whether he should learn the Bass guitar or the Sax.