Quotes about Solo

Solo homers usually come with no one on base. Votes: 6

Han Solo: Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her. Votes: 6

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Votes: 6

Solo dancing does not exist: the dancer dances with the floor: add another dancer and you have a quartet: each dance with the other and each with the floor. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today. Votes: 6

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that. Votes: 6

Running is my solo time; working my muscles outside in fresh air is therapeutic. Votes: 4

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo. Votes: 4

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense. Votes: 4

No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team. Votes: 4

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. Votes: 4

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds Votes: 4

I'm more interested in melodic things. I think the biggest challenge when you go to play a solo is trying to invent a melody on the spot. Votes: 4

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters. Votes: 4

I like jazz, but I could never play it. You just sit there with a guitar the size of a Chevy on your chest, wearing a stupid hat, playing the same solo for an hour. Votes: 4

I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more. Votes: 4

The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness. Votes: 4

Sometimes it's the mistakes that end up leading you into new territory .. like the guitar solo on 'Peelin' Taters' - I had some speaker problems, but the tone ended up sounding better than if I had new speakers .. it's a 60's Nashville, 'uptown' thing Votes: 4

I build duets into bigger works. I like to see people working together. What we call a giant solo in my company is about four bars long while twenty other people are doing something dynamically. I like the charge that is set up by a lot of people doing something. Votes: 4

Introvert conversations are like jazz, where each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo. And like jazz, once we get going, we can play all night. Extrovert conversations are more like tennis matches, where thoughts are batted back and forth, and players need to be ready to respond. Introverts get winded pretty quickly. Votes: 4

Out of the firefight, into the carbon freeze." -Anakin Solo Votes: 3

Solo concerts are murder, I find; I don't like doing them. Votes: 3

I got no entourage in real life. Solo. I go solo. No entourage. Votes: 3

I go still. Stone still. Ice statue still. Han Solo in carbonite still Votes: 3

I go still. Stone still. Ice statue still. Han Solo in carbonite still" Votes: 3

Never seem to have a Death Star lying around when you need one." -Han Solo Votes: 3

Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard. Votes: 3

This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour. Votes: 3

I pray thee, sir, forgive me for the mess/And whether I shot first, I'll not confess. - Han Solo Votes: 3

You can be Han Solo," he said, kissing her throat. "And I'll be Boba Fett. I'll cross the sky for you. Votes: 3

There is a difference between finding trouble in your path and going out of your way searching for it." -Jacen Solo Votes: 3

When you always know what is right, where is freedom? No one chooses the wrong, Jacen Solo. Uncertainty sets you free." -Vergere Votes: 3

Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance. Votes: 3

Non che non creda in Dio. Ci credo. Solo non sono sicura di credere nel Paradiso, almeno non quanto credo nella biblioteca pubblica. Votes: 3

How are you doing, son?""If you don't get started, I'll rip out your heart and have it for breakfast."- Michael to Solo Votes: 3

To deal with radicalism and extremism, we need to deal with economic inequality. This is what I learned from my experience in Solo and then in Jakarta. Votes: 3

Some people like to drive a Ford, not a Ferrari, and some people like to drink out of a red Solo cup, not out of a crystal stem. Votes: 3

Growing up, I really liked 'Star Wars.' Han Solo would've been really cool to meet. But my stuff was real low-brow. I was watching 'Bugs Bunny.' Votes: 3

My dad was my hero when I was a young boy. And then it's a toss-up between Han Solo, the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team, and Marlon Brando. Votes: 3

Harrison Ford has always been one of my favorite actors. I grew up with Han Solo and Indiana Jones, and 'Regarding Henry' is one of my favorite movies of all time. Votes: 3

The last three movies I've done, I played a cowboy, then I played a soldier, and now I play Han Solo. So the little kid in me is having a real joyride. Votes: 3

Han Solo.A legend of the Rebellion against the Empire. Trader, pirate, con man, and fighter extraordinaire. It was hard to believe he was real, Finn thought. Solo was history come to life. Votes: 3

I do often feel that the single greatest thing about my job is that I don't have a boss. I'm like an overweight Han Solo: I take orders from just one person - me. Votes: 3

Legal dialogue is awesome, but you can't ad lib. It's much more fun to be looser and say things like, 'Can I work in a Han Solo reference?' I'm a 'Star Wars' freak. Votes: 3

There's always been a lot of misunderstanding about Lando's character. I used to pick up my daughter from elementary school and get into arguments with little children who would accuse me of betraying Han Solo. Votes: 3

Whatever the reason, first place was always Solo, always, always, always, and second place was usually Chewbacca, because if you weren't the one saving the galaxy, you might as well be eight feet tall and covered with hair. Votes: 3

My friend once sculpted me a bust of Admiral Ackbar from 'Star Wars.' He's my favourite character in the films after Han Solo. He's that goldfish-type alien in the white costume. 'It's a trap!' I'm a big geek. Votes: 3

Your brother kills you." Fett hopped tpo his feet as lightly as any unarmoured jedi apprentice, the n added," Some things are worsse thean death. I know that better than anyone, except maybe Sintas-and Han Solo. Send your father my sympathies. Votes: 3

Even being a Jedi is something where you look for more. At first you acted as if Jedi was synonymous with hero. It isn't. Being a hero isn't what all these folks are here to do. They're here to do their jobs." -Jaina Solo Votes: 3

The good thing about flying solo is it's never boring. Votes: 2

For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act. Votes: 2

If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric. Votes: 2

I think all the bad blood started when Geffen released a greatest hits package of my solo stuff. Votes: 2

I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too. Votes: 2

The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life. Votes: 2

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career. Votes: 2

Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest. Votes: 2

People sometimes ask if I want to be a solo artist, but it just wouldn't be any fun being on your own. Votes: 2

I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark. Votes: 2

I heard some stuff recently from Julian Casablancas, and his solo stuff is amazing. If I could write with anyone, it would be him. Votes: 2

Flying solo, you have a fair workload. I'm not only flying the balloon but doing the navigation, communications, repairing the burners, taking care of the equipment. Votes: 2

My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly. Votes: 2

For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is going outside of The Strokes and The Strokes filtering process. Votes: 2

Actually, when I was in elementary school, I saw a saxophone. A band came to my school, and I saw this guy get up and play this solo. And I said, 'Oh man, what is that! That must be fantastic!' Votes: 2

I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'. Votes: 2

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could not play this way if I were not able to divide my attention between my ever changing musical environment and my instrument itself. Votes: 2

I'm looking forward to some more solo acoustic dates. That's a lot of fun for me, because I get to be alone with the song. And I get to hear every little nuance; if my instrument does something that I wasn't expecting, I get to chase that. Chase that down a little bit. Votes: 2

When I was four, we had to choose a musical instrument to play at school, and I chose the cello. I played until I was 18, and although I found it nerve-racking to play solo, I loved playing in an orchestra. When I left school I didn't carry on with it, which I regret. Votes: 2

I was in a group called Wild Orchid and it just wasn't working. I wasn't being myself. What I should have done was say. 'Girls, it's really time for me to go on my own. I need to fulfill this dream of mine to have a solo album.' And I didn't know how to do that. I wanted to please them. Votes: 2

I've always toured solo acoustic. Votes: 0

And I've always loved playing solo. Votes: 0

Flourishing is not a solo endeavor. Votes: 0

I wouldn't last 30 minutes climbing solo. Votes: 0

I cannot exist as a solo artist. Votes: 0

Learning isn't something you should only do solo. Votes: 0

The solo is a nuanced distillation of sorrow. Votes: 0

It's a huge responsibility being a solo act. Votes: 0

Know that I'm better solo. I invented solo. Votes: 0

You don't make solo albums to have hits. Votes: 0

With me every peep becomes a trumpet solo. Votes: 0

Having a solo career is a funny thing. Votes: 0

I'm not going to do any more solo touring. Votes: 0

I don't believe in having bands for solo records. Votes: 0

Life is a collaboration, it's not a solo act. Votes: 0

Stand-up is probably the most solo performance in art. Votes: 0

Surfing is real private. It's a solo, loner sport. Votes: 0

Radiohead is overrated. Thom Yorke's solo output, however, is brilliant. Votes: 0

I've never had any big ideas about being the solo. Votes: 0

I'll never play a drum solo you can't dance to. Votes: 0

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist. Votes: 0

My first solo was in church when I was five. Votes: 0

Invariably, guitar players that go solo make really bad records. Votes: 0

On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo. Votes: 0

I'll play with a hundred pieces or do a solo job. Votes: 0

Never try and go on a solo mission on your own. Votes: 0

Strategy is not a solo sport, even if you're the CEO. Votes: 0

I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour. Votes: 0

There are no freelance Christians; there is no solo-flying to heaven. Votes: 0

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic. Votes: 0

Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space. Votes: 0

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. Votes: 0

EVERY SINGLE DANCER, SINGER and BAND MEMBER is a BRILLIANT SOLO ARTIST Votes: 0

I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit. Votes: 0

The most important part of any rock song is the guitar solo. Votes: 0

It just felt like the right time to focus on solo material. Votes: 0

I won't do a reunion tour unless my solo career fails miserably. Votes: 0

People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did. Votes: 0

God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo. Votes: 0

I was still in school after I dropped my first solo album. Votes: 0

By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important. Votes: 0

I love those Keith Richards solo records, but it's not the Rolling Stones. Votes: 0

I've been solo since 1996, so I've been doing it for a while now. Votes: 0

You have to remember now, I was not being terribly successful at going solo. Votes: 0

I did the first backwards guitar solo on ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ Votes: 0

... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams. Votes: 0

Presidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed. Votes: 0

Mi intencion de hacerte reir es totalmente egoista , solo hago para ver tu sonrisa Votes: 0

I think especially since going solo it's pretty clear that I'm completely being myself. Votes: 0

When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative. Votes: 0

You can tell your story any way you damn well please.Its your solo. Votes: 0

My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened. Votes: 0

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra Votes: 0

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reelin' In The Years'. Votes: 0

I have no want or desire to solo. I'd rather create melodies and accompanying parts. Votes: 0

Now my main goal is my solo career, so I want to keep doing that. Votes: 0

I'm not generally a big solo guy, because I'm not into showing off that way. Votes: 0

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band. Votes: 0

For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none. Votes: 0

I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore. Votes: 0

You can never get a woman to sit down and listen to a drum solo. Votes: 0

I've never done a solo tour. I feel like getting out there and doing that. Votes: 0

Well, I suppose I could do a solo album, but my god, it would be terrible! Votes: 0

In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.] Votes: 0

Working as a solo artist has given me a confidence that I didn't have with Blondie. Votes: 0

I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career. Votes: 0

Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team. Votes: 0

Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix. Votes: 0

E'stata reale prima di tutti noi. Siamo solo nati ottocento anni troppo tardi per poterla incontrare. Votes: 0

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist. Votes: 0

Music can happen with equal ease as a solo or collaborative venture, it seems to me. Votes: 0

Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo. Votes: 0

My deal will always be one solo performance-nominated or not. Not some thrown together rock tribute. Votes: 0

Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix Votes: 0

When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough. Votes: 0

I was not ever hitchhiking alone. I've done solo train trips but I've never driven myself alone. Votes: 0

And now, with the aid of this common beer glass, I shall play my fifty guinea solo. Votes: 0

Art, like sex, cannot be carried on indefinitely solo; after all, they have the same enemy, sterility. Votes: 0

I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored. Votes: 0

You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo. Votes: 0

The new solo album sounds like me: I'm singing about bad business transactions, bodily fluids, and courage. Votes: 0

The turnaround is when you have a solo in betwixt the verses. You stoppin' to have a solo. Votes: 0

solo -but enjoying to be a part of constructive economical process solo but respectable as woman on Earth . Votes: 0

Now because he saved the day they're making another solo Hulk movie after the second Avengers comes out, Votes: 0

I've parked my solo thing in a lay-by and jumped in another vehicle and I'm in that now. Votes: 0

Jesus invested everything he had in a team. The Bible knows nothing about solo ministry, only team ministry. Votes: 0

I can't tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it all solo. Votes: 0

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind. Votes: 0

The way I look at a solo project is, I create what I want with whoever I want. Votes: 0

It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo, Votes: 0

Look at what you've done, you're losing me is what you've won. Got me planning to go solo Votes: 0

I was never the one that really wanted to be a solo artist, I was always in groups. Votes: 0

If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that's no fun at all. Votes: 0

Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor. Votes: 0

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group. Votes: 0

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort. Votes: 0

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group. Votes: 0

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs. Votes: 0

When I was 25, Abba was formed. After Abba I made three solo albums. Maybe I have been productive enough. Votes: 0

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career. Votes: 0

In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison. Votes: 0

There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat. Votes: 0

I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people. Votes: 0

Sometimes I do 'So Desperate' solo in the middle of the set. I really love to sing that song. Votes: 0

Anchoring four hours a day, solo, you have to know your stuff. But I do. I'm a real geek. Votes: 0

He could ball with the crew, he could solo But I think I like him better when he dolo Votes: 0

I still play solo shows. And some of those shows are still some of the best, most gratifying shows. Votes: 0

There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey. Votes: 0

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music. Votes: 0

I closed my eyes during a flute solo, wishing I could wrap the silvery sound around me like armor. Votes: 0

I might do a solo album, maybe do covers, or do an acoustic thing. No Sex Pistols tours, nothing! Votes: 0

With my solo music, often it's just about looking for interesting sounds that may or may not resonate emotionally. Votes: 0

Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was. Votes: 0

You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences. Votes: 0

I hate the solo artist aspect of rock-'n'-roll. I don't have enough personality or charisma to be a solo star. Votes: 0

The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show. Votes: 0

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it. Votes: 0

Although I have started my solo activities but this doesnt mean I'll give up my roots, SS501 is my root . Votes: 0

Stand-up led to me doing solo shows, which led to me being offered my first broadcasting job, being a VJ. Votes: 0

When it comes to individual bloggers, they have many choices now that include blogging for a network or going solo. Votes: 0

The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies. Votes: 0

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. Votes: 0

Where science is a dignified waltz in three-quarter time, magic is an improvised saxophone solo: all gut checks and synchronicities. Votes: 0

I don’t think the drums are a solo instrument. Drums are there to set the beat for the music. Votes: 0

I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it. Votes: 0

It was definitely in my mind to do a solo album, but I didn't know it would take this long. Votes: 0

I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted. Votes: 0

My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs. Votes: 0

It's better to have no cofounder than to have a bad cofounder, but it's still bad to be a solo founder. Votes: 0

I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist. Votes: 0

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band. Votes: 0

The radio is playing jazz, and I listen to the sound of the trumpet playing a solo until I become that sound. Votes: 0

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time. Votes: 0

It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that. Votes: 0

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal. Votes: 0

Few people asking about my post Westlife plans!? I'll be making a solo album of course! The process has already started actually ;) Votes: 0

My solo albums will be instrumental, but I would be open to working with a vocalist if the right project came along. Votes: 0

Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then. Votes: 0

When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel. Votes: 0

I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean it's such a solo endeavour. Votes: 0

As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body. Votes: 0

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever. Votes: 0

I'm on a mission to make people aware that I'm not a solo artist. I'm sometimes challenged by the branding of Tim Crouch. Votes: 0

Chano Pozo created the role of the conga soloist in the modern band, somewhat th way Coleman Hawkins created the solo tenor sax. Votes: 0

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already. Votes: 0

My first instrument is piano, I play some piano and guitar. So my solo music is more like real singer/songwriter type stuff. Votes: 0

I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years old. Votes: 0

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world. Votes: 0

I feel like the songs that I write are best when they are performed by an ensemble, rather than by one solo instrument. Votes: 0

Life is a guy trying to play a violin solo in public, while learning the music and his instrument at the same time. Votes: 0

I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow. Votes: 0

When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo. Votes: 0

I've always done a bass and drum solo that lasts about 10 minutes. The main thing is to use it only when you need to. Votes: 0

You know how the Beatles broke off - they all did their solo projects and they came back together and they were even stronger! Votes: 0

Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo. Votes: 0

It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers. Votes: 0

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do. Votes: 0

I enjoy my work, no matter who I am working with. Even if you give me a solo silent film, I will enjoy it. Votes: 0

I've been friends with madonna for ever. In fact she was at my 3rd solo performance in 1990, and there were only 10 people in the audience. Votes: 0

I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist. Votes: 0

We always talked [with Andrew Ridgeley] about when it would happen - we always knew that I would go on to have a solo career. Votes: 0

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over. Votes: 0

In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the soprano. Votes: 0

Su sonrisa es como un chocolate fundido. Es como un solo de guitarra de puta madre. Es todo lo bueno que hay en este mundo. Votes: 0

My solo albums were each like a half-finished puzzle; they represented only the beginning of a full picture. Simply put, they were inadequate and incomplete. Votes: 0

More people seem to know the Van der Graaf Generator material than my solo work - thanks, I suppose, to their parents' lingering vinyl collections. Votes: 0

For me I'm actually doing what I normally do when I do my solo thing and the other thing is actually more new to me. Votes: 0

If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background. Votes: 0

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds. Votes: 0

A lot of people confuse free climbing with free solo. Free climbing is when we use ropes, but we only make upward progress with our bodies. Votes: 0

Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame. Votes: 0

In 1994, to motivate me to complete my pilot's license, my good friend, Gregg Maryniak, gave me Charles Lindbergh's autobiography of his solo flight across the Atlantic. Votes: 0

I think everything happens in time. There's a time for everything. There's a time to be in a group, and there's a time to be solo. Votes: 0

I feel like my sixteenth birthday and the time I graduated from high school, and the first time I flew solo all wrapped up in one. Votes: 0

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point. Votes: 0

Flying solo, you have a fair workload. I'm not only flying the balloon but doing the navigation, communications, repairing the burners, taking care of the equipment." Votes: 0

A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and Holy Ghost on drums. Votes: 0

Most people don't really need to hear a six-minute guitar solo that modulates between five keys and time signatures. What they want is a good song. Votes: 0

I like working solo and it was a lot of fun joking around with the audience, saying things. I'm only just learning how to do certain things. Votes: 0

As funny as it sounds, the best thing I got out of making a solo record was to realize how much I love being in a band. Votes: 0

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band Votes: 0

Antonio Sanchez is from Mexico City. I met him at a Pat Metheny concert. He did a solo, and I thought, 'This is an octopus man!' Votes: 0

Have you heard Alanis Morisette trying to play the harmonica? She doesn't know how to play the harmonica. Well guess what, Alanis, I INVENTED the 'don't-know-how-to-play-harmonica-harmonica-solo.' Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me. Votes: 0

I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who I am and my voice. Votes: 0

I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me. Votes: 0

I think I would prefer to partner with someone once I've established what I actually am trying to do as a solo artist with my actual name. Votes: 0

There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine. Votes: 0

But in my mind I've always been a solo artist- I've just been working with a lot of great people like Kanye and Alicia Keys and Jay-Z. Votes: 0

I guess the solo from 'Achilles Last Stand' is in the same tradition as the solo from 'Stairway to Heaven'...it is on that level to me. Votes: 0

I started singing at the age of 4, at my grandfather's church in McKinney, Texas. It was called Greater Hope Holiness Church. My first solo was "Jesus Loves Me." Votes: 0

Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz. Votes: 0

Nothing of significance was ever achieved by an individual acting alone. Look below the surface and you will find that all seemingly solo acts are really team efforts. Votes: 0

Che ti piaccia o no, le cose succedono e una volta che cominciano a succedere devi solo tenere duro e stare a vedere dove ti mollano quando finiscono." Votes: 0

I wanted to show that 'I'm sexy'. I wanted to do things that other male solo artists hadn't done before, such as choreography that has a tempting allure. Votes: 0

When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language. Votes: 0

From the time I started playing solo drums, doing clinics and stuff, you know I think one of the largest selling clinics I ever did was in Chicago. Votes: 0

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered. Votes: 0

My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it. Votes: 0

A lot of solo directors have a really strong creative producer with them. Jay and I have less of a need for that because we have each other. Votes: 0

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't a big solo artist. Votes: 0

A good solo is like a book. It will start out in a phrase, it will go on in paragraphs, and then it will have a great ending. Votes: 0

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasnt a big solo artist. Votes: 0

You know, I always root for the older athlete. I root for the second album. I root for solo careers after the rock star breaks the band apart. Votes: 0

The nice thing about solo is I don't have to coordinate with anyone else's schedule, since it's hard for me just to have a free 15 minutes here and there. Votes: 0

The solo years have been more meaningful to the audiences than the Smiths years, but the press in England only write about me in relation to the Smiths era. Votes: 0

I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again. Votes: 0

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member Votes: 0

I'm not one of these guys to do my solo stuff one night and Black Sabbath the next. I can't do that, you know. It's too much to handle. Votes: 0

People want their actors to do comedy, too. They don't want any comedians next to the actor. They want one solo hero and want to see everything in him. Votes: 0

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member. Votes: 0

Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity. Votes: 0

As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking. Votes: 0

I was a very bad musician. I was the world's worst guitar player, so when I was performing solo with a guitar, I had to keep things very simple. Votes: 0

...black music is a group music. That's why I don't like doing a solo saxophone thing: My feeling stems from rhythm, I really have to feel that rhythmic thing happening. Votes: 0

I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received. Votes: 0

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits. Votes: 0

I am planning the release of 2NE1's new album for after CL finishes her solo activities. 2NE1 will surely show you good work until the expiration of their contracts. Votes: 0

As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that.At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's a violin solo, an unaccompanied violin solo. Votes: 0

I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it takes to make a song work by yourself. Votes: 0

In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations. Votes: 0

I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

My father's a deacon, my mother's a choir director, so I grew up in the church and singing in the choir, begging my mom if I could have a solo. Votes: 0

Louis Armstrong is the master of the jazz solo. He became the beacon, the light in the tower, that helped the rest of us navigate the tricky waters of jazz improvisation. Votes: 0

The most remote place I've been to was in Greenland. I remember setting out for a solo hike from a small cabin, itself several hours' boat ride from the nearest settlement. Votes: 0

Some-one called my style 'sense of urgency' guitar playing and I've always admitted I often don't know where I'm going when I solo. But that desperation is what makes it exciting. Votes: 0

Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

In November I'll be releasing my new solo record, entitled 'Box Of Bees'. There's no music, it's just a box full of live bees. The deluxe edition comes with more bees. Votes: 0

Playing solo is difficult because you have to keep the momentum yourself. You have to continue to create and develop, so it forces you to stretch in a variety of ways. Votes: 0

Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others to his cause. A very fine musician. Votes: 0

That's what my music... I'm working on a solo record right now, it's gonna be more hip-hop than anything, like electronic hip-hop, futuristic hip-hop. I'm probably gonna be rapping on it. Votes: 0

I can see forms and shapes in my mind when I solo, just as a painter can see forms and shapes when he starts painting. And I can see different colors. Votes: 0

Paul McCartney is a genius ... Paul married Rock & Roll to beauty, and forever raised the bar for composers, musicians, and fans ... an incredible solo performer ... the creator of our favorite songs ... Votes: 0

I went solo because I could do much better what I wanted to do. I didn't have to ask or discuss things and ideas that are already shaped in my head. Votes: 0

What I do on my solo stuff is just the most natural version of who I am, and I'm trying to represent the feelings that I'm feeling as purely as possible Votes: 0

I had opportunities to play with other people and give my self some sort of security, but for some reason I wanted to play solo and just put it out there. Votes: 0

Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo. Votes: 0

The band will be going along, and somebody or another will say, 'I want to go off and do a solo career.'... They come back, and other people come in. Votes: 0

I think that this stage in my life is really, for a lot of reasons, pretty incredible. Being a solo artist and trying to take these bold steps on my own. Votes: 0

Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist. Votes: 0

Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton. Votes: 0

At a label, you are confined to the team you have, but I did all my solo work myself, and that makes you more agile and able to go into weirder corners. Votes: 0

I do enjoy my solo time ... I want to stay home and do soundtracks and watch TV in my underwear with a keyboard on my lap and just be a couch potato. Votes: 0

If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs. Votes: 0

A lot of the other things in my life like making music, you know that's a very collaborative thing so I work on comics because it's not something that's a solo activity. Votes: 0

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters." Votes: 0

My solo album is dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket. Votes: 0

For me to do a project - I have a pretty successful solo career, so - for me to even want to do Primus, it had to be a creative step forward. Votes: 0

What great founders do is seek the networks that will be essential to their task . Usually it's best to have two or three people on a team, rather than a solo founder. Votes: 0

I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was! Votes: 0

I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was! Votes: 0

Unless somebody's actually creating something and doing something spontaneous I wouldn't find it at all interesting, to watch or to create, so, I'm trying to make my solo shows something different altogether. Votes: 0

I've always loved playing solo. I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music. My favorite thing is usually whatever I'm doing right there and then. Votes: 0

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it. Votes: 0

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure. Votes: 0

What playing solo has reminded me is how much I love electronic music and how much I love dance music. I'd like to move towards something more hypnotic and rhythmic rather than song-based. Votes: 0

I never really followed the traditional route when it comes to what people probably expect as a solo artist goes, but that's just me. It's my own creative output and it's my expression. Votes: 0

There are a lot of people who do crazy things without necessarily being crazy, for example crossing the Atlantic solo. Some crazy things which requires you not to be crazy to achieve them. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Look closely, and you can see where the grooves of a record widen, indicating a sparseness that can only be a bass solo, or grow denser to accommodate a cresting density of sound. Votes: 0

I STILL APPROACH A SCENE AS ONE WOULD APPROACH A GUITAR SOLO. YOU DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PHRASE THIS OR THAT. WHICH I THINK IS BEAUTIFUL. THAT IDEA OF CHANCE. Votes: 0

I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears. Votes: 0

In 1995, when I was backpacking through Europe solo, I would head to the train station, look up at the big board, and decide right there and then where I would go that day. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I am not an insecure actor, and this reflects in the films I have done. Yes, there was a phase when I was adamant on solo hero roles, but that is over now. Votes: 0

Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out. Votes: 0

I definitely have to give myself permission, like on "Master Swarm," to rip a lead on that. Just play a violin solo that's - it's a bit showoff-y, but it's fun, so who cares? Votes: 0

It's too heart-wrenching doing the solo thing. I throw myself into it and get so excited, and then 2000 people buy it and you're, like, 'Oh. I guess it's not that good after all.' Votes: 0

I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the [Bob] Dylan song "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall." Votes: 0

As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me. Votes: 0

There's something about the rawness of the live thing, there's no rhythm guitars behind the solo, nothing other than what you hear the people playing at that moment. It's exciting, it's about the performance. Votes: 0

The only time it dominates is during a solo, or when we play a low blues and I put figures in behind Eric's vocals. There's never any real problem fitting guitar and organ together. Votes: 0

You know, I'm the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn't do the 50 Cent sales but hey... I got a long career, I'm still young and I'm trying to bring really good music. Votes: 0

I am a songwriter at heart, and I feel like I would, in the future, write songs for other people. I don't think I want to pursue it for myself, for a solo career. Votes: 0

I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that. Votes: 0

When I first went from a band situation to a solo situation, it was quite an adjustment to make. But after having done it for a number of years, it really feels good out there. Votes: 0

I am touring in Europe. I am putting together a trio and a quartet. I am playing solo concerts with my symphonic sounds. I am very much engaged back to playing and recording and everything. Votes: 0

It's good fun, making a solo album, because there's perhaps songs that wouldn't get used for the Stones or any other kind of outfit that I'm working with. It's just nice to be the boss. Votes: 0

Around New York, our group had become known as 'Dee Dee and her girls' because we were used on everything, so going out on a solo career wasn't as much a big deal to me. Votes: 0

For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.' Votes: 0

The only thing that's better in a group versus being by yourself is the companionship. You have to do a lot of thing by yourself as a solo artist. But it's cool. It's worth it. Votes: 0

I watched and learned about music as a member of Big Bang. Of course it's important to show my charms as an artist by showing my abilities but that's what our solo activities are for. Votes: 0

As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project. I'm not a very prolific songwriter, so I keep those for Depeche Mode. Votes: 0

In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing. Votes: 0

Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him. Votes: 0