68 Quotes by Julian Bream

Using modern guitar techniques and modern methods on an early instrument is not a very clever thing to do, because it is the authentic spirit of the instrument that should dictate the quality and characteristic of the sound.

I'm quite reflective - I listen to music, I read, I walk with Django.

I have cut away what I call the excess stuff in my life.

In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to paint a picture of me. I agreed to do it, because I'm not unused to sitting for portraits: my father was a commercial artist and I used to model for him.

I went to college to study the piano and cello.

You have to get the attention of the audience. You have to make sure they know you are starting. You have to achieve a rapport with them on the very first chord.

The guitar is the most beautiful of all instruments.

The guitar speaks for me and it says things - hopefully - for everybody that I play for.

When I feel like improvising, I always improvise on the guitar, never on the lute. It's as natural to me as breathing.