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 McLaughlinThe 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 McLaughlinThe music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were.
John McLaughlinMusic that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience
John McLaughlin