In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.
Evan Parker

In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing.
Norah Jones

In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
Derek Bailey

It just felt like the right time to focus on solo material.
Robin Gibb

It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
Bernadette Peters

It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.
Don Henley

It's a huge responsibility being a solo act.
Robbie Williams

It's like, on my solo stuff, every single person who buys the record, gets it. On the other stuff, the masses... when you have a hit on the radio, not everyone's going to get it. They are going to buy it for the hit.
Kip Winger

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
Oscar Peterson

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.
Kirk Hammett

Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix.
Taryn Manning

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Samuel Butler

Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed.
Benny Green

Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.
Don Henley

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.
Adrian Belew

My first solo was in church when I was five.
Suzy Bogguss

My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.
Peter Tork

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.
Sue Grafton

No, I do it all, but I do love to play solo.
Bruce Hornsby

Nobody told Don Henley or me that we were going to make it as solo artists, but I can speak for Don when I say that we are both really happy now that the band is not together.
Glenn Frey