Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisellis an American guitarist, composer and arranger...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth18 March 1951
CountryUnited States of America
writing play feelings
I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays it and they're hearing something other than what I'm hearing.
hurt emotion kind
Music doesn't hurt anybody, that's what's amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has power. Unbelievable power.
player people guy
First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.
hate people labels
I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you're one thing, it's hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music is way more complicated than that.
play trying littles
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this sound out there that's just a little bit beyond my reach and I'm trying to get there and that just sort of keeps me going.
music littles sound
There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.
play persons
Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I've been with all along, that's where I really learn.
listening-to-others gains musician
I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.
player guitar important
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.
music play saxophone
There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.
school black-and-white lucky
I feel so lucky that my high school was right in the middle of Denver, which is one of those sort of segregated towns, with black and white and Hispanic neighborhoods. But the school I went to was right in the middle of the whole thing.
player saxophone copying
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.
kids referencing heard
I do know the older I get, the more I'm referencing music I heard as a kid.
real fighting play
I'm basically a pretty shy person and I don't dance or get into fights. But there are all these things inside me that get out when I perform. It's like a real world when I play, here I can do all the things that I can't do in real life.