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Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment, not forcing any particular style.
I've met Bill Clinton, Obama a couple of times... I certainly didn't meet George Bush, and wouldn't want to.
Anyone who tells you they got into rock'n'roll for reasons other than girls, fame and money is full of s***.
If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.
We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.
I like to hang out with my friends. I love music. I like to go to the movies. I like to eat. I like to cook.
The really pop country stuff can sound a little bland because they put in strings and horns and all of that.
Just trying to be different - when I hear something - I don't like to go trampling on other people's sounds.
When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating.
With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.
We've always had a very strong focus on the instrumentation, and our approach to our individual instruments.
In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.
I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark.
I think it gets boring (for the audience) for the lead singer to have a guitar hanging on them all the time.
I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.
I just want to thank everyone for their support. Sometimes friends need the help of their friends to get by.
I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.
Because it was the original 4 guys, and the dynamic of those 4 guys interacting together that had the power.
I never considered myself like a pop musician or rock star, because that didn't really exist when I started.
I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I'm only looking at a friend.
For me, New York has always been a city of unpredictability. You can never guess what's going to happen next.
I've done plenty of phoners for Joel when he's been too busy. You'll never know. Our voices sound so similar.
I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.
A lot of bands that reunite do it for the wrong reasons. They do it for the bucks and everybody can sense it.
After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.
My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.
Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things.
My inspirations don't come from outer space, they just come to me. I have no idea why they come when they do.
The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.
Music doesn't have to sit within the confines of pop structure, you can really make stuff that's more visual.
If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need.
I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.
Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.
The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.
I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.
Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.
Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.
In the '60s, people had diverse tastes, which made the musical climate that much better and more interesting.
As a session player for so many years, I have found myself in rooms looking around going, 'Is this for real?'
When I first colored my hair, my mother loved it. I got kicked out of school when I was 15, just for my hair.
I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons.
When I hear 'fusion,' I think of Tricky-Dick stuff - really hairy melodies played in unison. It's like, 'Why?'
I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.
The hardcore fans have hung with us because they go, 'Hey, they don't disappoint.' And we stick to that style.
Good Charlotte fit in a lot of different genres - it's one of the coolest things our band has been able to do.
When you know even for a moment That it's your time Then you can walk with the power Of a thousand generations
I'd like to leave America for someplace where they would not know a word of English and I might be understood.
I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body.
My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.