When I first started playing, I plunked away just like everyone else. During the Sixties I played in a blues band for a few years, and I liked it. It wasn’t until I was playing for a while that I made the decision to change my style from a percussive to more of a legato approach. I just wanted a different sound. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
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? Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
We used to work with a promoter in Italy who used to book for shows with nine hour drives in between, so we got a new promoter. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
Whenever I watch a movie I like to imagine what sort of music I might compose for a scene, to create a particular kind of atmosphere, because when I see something I hear something. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
I had always wanted to compose music for movies, but had never been given the opportunity. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
Most of the musicians I play with – aside from the form and structure of the music – the interpretation is up to them. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
I wanted to be a music fan who just listens to music. I never wanted to be musician. I didn’t gravitate toward playing. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
I went through a bad period where I was just not writing; I couldn’t create anything. I was out of ideas. But when I started playing on other people’s music, I realized how lucky I was to be doing this. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
If the whole idea, in the original bebop days, was to get to soloing, then that’s all it should be about. Allan Holdsworth Read Quote
