55 Quotes by Allan Holdsworth

Perhaps since I have been using the Synthaxe, it might have made it easier for people to listen to me, in a funny kind of way it takes for things to happen.

As soon as I figured out I didn't know anything about music, I was OK. It's when I thought I could learn something that I was in trouble.

I had always wanted to compose music for movies, but had never been given the opportunity.

I wanted to be a music fan who just listens to music. I never wanted to be musician. I didn't gravitate toward playing.

In essence, I feel I'm more jazz guitar player because I write vehicles geared for improvisation.

Most of the musicians I play with - aside from the form and structure of the music - the interpretation is up to them.

Standing and playing next to Tony Williams was pretty amazing. One of the things I learned about being a band leader from Tony was that he would never, ever tell me what to play or do.

I was working with another major label after Warner Bros, and they were telling me who to hire as musicians, what kind of music to play, what producer to use. I mean, what's the point of putting me on the record?

The problem we have is that, some people call it 'too rock' to play on a jazz station, and it's 'too jazz' to play on a rock station. So it's difficult. It's difficult to make it playing this kind of music.