David Thornton

All of the songs on my music player are demos that I've recorded at home with a drum machine and a 8 track digital recorder. I will be recording all of these songs with a full band very soon. The idea was to write and record these songs at home first , so that it will make it easier for the other musicians to learn the material. The c.d. will be all instrumental. I have some amazing musicians lined up to record with me!
Thanks for listening!
See ya out there,
Dave
John Coltrane Quotes
"My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being … When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups … I want to speak to their souls."
''To be a musician is really something. It goes very, very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being."
"There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we've discovered in its pure state. So that we can see more and more clearly what we are. In that way, we can give to those who listen the essence, the best of what we are. But to do that at each stage, we have to keep on cleaning the mirror."
“I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there's some feeling of communication, it isn't necessary that it be understood.”
“All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.”
“Over all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe. . . That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music.”
“You can play a shoestring if you're sincere”
“I’ve found you’ve got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.”
“Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, I’ll never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels, and that’s too bad.