Top 30 John McLaughlin Quotes (2024 Update)

John McLaughlin Quote: “Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.”

1. “Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.”

2. “The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord, if not the notes of a scale hooked together?”

3. “I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord, if not the notes of a scale hooked together?”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I’m not any different from you or the guy down the street or across the globe, we’re all connected in some way and hopefully my music can integrate that feeling of human connectedness.”

4. “I’m not any different from you or the guy down the street or across the globe, we’re all connected in some way and hopefully my music can integrate that feeling of human connectedness.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language.”

5. “Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I believe everybody is spiritual and no one is any more spiritual than anyone else.”

6. “I believe everybody is spiritual and no one is any more spiritual than anyone else.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music – they’re as important as the notes.”

7. “Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music – they’re as important as the notes.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don’t belong to any particular culture.”

8. “The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don’t belong to any particular culture.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I’m able to forget myself and let the music do the ‘talking.’”

9. “My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I’m able to forget myself and let the music do the ‘talking.’”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “When Indian musicians play a raga it’s very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them, if that makes sense. I’m very much of this school of rhythm, it’s the direction I’m drawn in when I’m writing and improvising.”

10. “When Indian musicians play a raga it’s very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them, if that makes sense. I’m very much of this school of rhythm, it’s the direction I’m drawn in when I’m writing and improvising.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I just want to keep exploring music and hopefully the orders will keep coming in and I’ll be able to keep growing the interior and exterior sides of my life.”

11. “I just want to keep exploring music and hopefully the orders will keep coming in and I’ll be able to keep growing the interior and exterior sides of my life.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “Everyone can lock into the rhythm on a tune. It’s organic in nature. It connects the band as a whole and connects the band to the audience.”

12. “Everyone can lock into the rhythm on a tune. It’s organic in nature. It connects the band as a whole and connects the band to the audience.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I was dealing with a lot of spiritual questions like “Who am I?” “What is God” “What is the meaning of life?” All of these questions that I think we can either face head on or choose to ignore, it’s up to us.”

13. “I was dealing with a lot of spiritual questions like “Who am I?” “What is God” “What is the meaning of life?” All of these questions that I think we can either face head on or choose to ignore, it’s up to us.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you’re ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are ready to be at the disposal of inspiration.”

14. “The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you’re ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are ready to be at the disposal of inspiration.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I find Indian music very funky. I mean it’s very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it’s the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.”

15. “I find Indian music very funky. I mean it’s very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it’s the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “For me, rhythm is a type of divine mathematics in a way. No matter where you’re from, we can all understand the mathematics of rhythm. I try to apply this mathematical thinking to my playing.”

16. “For me, rhythm is a type of divine mathematics in a way. No matter where you’re from, we can all understand the mathematics of rhythm. I try to apply this mathematical thinking to my playing.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience.”

17. “Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I think I’m built like a painter. I have friends who are painters and they reflect a similar psychological attitude towards their work. They don’t know what’s coming next, they just wait for the message, for orders to come and then off they go on their next project.”

18. “I think I’m built like a painter. I have friends who are painters and they reflect a similar psychological attitude towards their work. They don’t know what’s coming next, they just wait for the message, for orders to come and then off they go on their next project.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “There is really no spiritual message that I’m trying to convey with my music, it’s just a personal thing. I really believe that the more personal we get, in a way, the more universal the implications.”

19. “There is really no spiritual message that I’m trying to convey with my music, it’s just a personal thing. I really believe that the more personal we get, in a way, the more universal the implications.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “When the music arrives in my mind, it gives me the direction and the form at the same time. It’s integrated into the music itself.”

20. “When the music arrives in my mind, it gives me the direction and the form at the same time. It’s integrated into the music itself.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.”

21. “When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it’s not what you do, but the way you’re doing it and in the end that’s all that we have.”

22. “You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it’s not what you do, but the way you’re doing it and in the end that’s all that we have.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments.”

23. “In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I never read comics growing up. I didn’t have money and I don’t like to touch paper.”

24. “I never read comics growing up. I didn’t have money and I don’t like to touch paper.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “Spirituality is worthless if it’s not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician.”

25. “Spirituality is worthless if it’s not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “Absolutely, all guitars are different. You can go into a store and grab five guitars, all the same model, and even though they look identical they’re not identical. They play differently, they feel a bit different and they sound slightly different.”

26. “Absolutely, all guitars are different. You can go into a store and grab five guitars, all the same model, and even though they look identical they’re not identical. They play differently, they feel a bit different and they sound slightly different.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.”

27. “At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “The biggest government waste: The death penalty. An individual death-penalty case could climb to $100 million, much of it spent at the litigation level. Also, DNA evidence has exonerated nearly 300 death-row inmates.”

28. “The biggest government waste: The death penalty. An individual death-penalty case could climb to $100 million, much of it spent at the litigation level. Also, DNA evidence has exonerated nearly 300 death-row inmates.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I don’t have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.”

29. “I don’t have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “When you open box after box of old comics and they’re ALL “Archie,” you have suffered a trauma from which it is difficult to ever recover.”

30. “When you open box after box of old comics and they’re ALL “Archie,” you have suffered a trauma from which it is difficult to ever recover.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.”

31. “There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I’m basically waiting for orders as it were.”

32. “The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I’m basically waiting for orders as it were.”

— John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin Quote: “I’m never trying to preach to anybody with my music, but I’m aware of the universal nature of the human experience and I try to reach out and connect with people in that manner.”

33. “I’m never trying to preach to anybody with my music, but I’m aware of the universal nature of the human experience and I try to reach out and connect with people in that manner.”

— John McLaughlin

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