“It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's more in line with what the person on the street is.”

— Angus Young

Interview with the Atlanta Gazette in May 1979

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Scottish Australian guitarist 1955

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“So, if you played a C major chord to pretty much any person on the planet, they'd say that it sounds "harmonious" (or pleasing, or happy, etc, etc). But now when you want to put chords and melodies in an ordering and make a larger piece called a "song", then that is a much more difficult process, and gets very subjective. At that point, it's not just the chords, it's the lyrics, rhythms, instrumentation, tempo, intensity, any number of other things that goes into a song… so many variables that it's almost impossible to predict how a song will affect a given person.”

Andrew Sega (1975) musician from America

Andrew Sega Shrine interview, 2011

“Three chords and the truth — that’s what a country song is.”

Willie Nelson (1933) American country music singer-songwriter.

Nelson clarified in his autobiography, It's A Long Story: My Life that it was an original phrase from songwriter Harlan Howard. An example of Nelson quoting the phrase: [A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth — that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world., http://theboot.com/willie-nelson-parade-interview/?trackback=tsmclip, Willie Nelson Opens Up About Music, Marriages and Marijuana, Horne, Marianne, June 28, 2010, The Boot, Taste of Country, January 21, 2014]
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