Top 17 Quotes by The Edge

About The Edge

These are some quotes by Welsh author The Edge Musician, who was born on August 8, 1961.

Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock n' roll, really. You can make the argument that it all started on the streets of New Orleans with the jazz funerals.

The Edge

Weirdly enough, if I'm having trouble with a guitar part - not the playing of it but the writing - I'll mess around with echo and other effects, just turn everything up and make it as crazy as can be, and it winds up taking me somewhere. I've found so many guitar parts from echo. It's limitless.

The Edge

One of the good things about globalization is it has created a single international music community, and I feel very much part of it.

One of the good things about globalization is it has created a single international music community, and I feel very much part of it.

The Edge

A trumpet sounds pretty much like a trumpet, and that's true of a lot instruments; pianos sound like pianos, but there's something about the guitar - the range of possibilities is much broader.

A trumpet sounds pretty much like a trumpet, and that's true of a lot instruments; pianos sound like pianos, but there's something about the guitar - the range of possibilities is much broader.

The Edge

I might have to take the 12 steps to Workaholics Anonymous.

I might have to take the 12 steps to Workaholics Anonymous.

The Edge

For me, looking back is akin to being on a tightrope and looking down. It doesn't help you in the present moment to deal with what you have to deal with in order to move forward.

For me, looking back is akin to being on a tightrope and looking down. It doesn't help you in the present moment to deal with what you have to deal with in order to move forward.

The Edge

Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

The Edge

What a song is is a subjective thing. There's no one real definition for it.

What a song is is a subjective thing. There's no one real definition for it.

The Edge

I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new.

I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new.

The Edge

You see, rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force. It's something very essential.

You see, rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force. It's something very essential.

The Edge

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