Quotes About Music

And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it.

I don't like piano solos.

Nowadays I get complaints about long drum solos, but in those days they wanted me to keep on going so they could go over to the bar and have a drink.

Most people can do what I do - they can do guitar solos - but they can't do a good, hard rhythm guitar and be dedicated to it.

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

Sometimes when I do an overdub solo, they'll keep four or five of my attempts and then mix the bits that they like to make a solo up out of them. It's not against the rules, really - I can learn my own solos, then. But that's the whole beauty of multi-track recording, isn't it?

My solos are more tastefully conceived now. But I still get going in places. It's just that I build up to it now. I don't race off on a solo. I take my time.

I don't labour over my lead guitar solos; they're better just caught in the moment.

I used my Schecter for all my rhythms and most of my solos, certainly the fast solos.

I write most of my songs to beats. I play around on guitar, but not enough to where I can compose my own stuff or play solos. I can accompany myself 'cause most songs are, like, four chords.

Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' and 'All Along the Watchtower,' those solos are just so cool.

All of my solos were improvised initially - I would go in and get my bearings and see what I came up with.

Everything from the lyrics to the production, solos to the writing - it's all democratic. At the end of the day, you know, when you're all done with the grind - which it is always an incredible grind for us to write records - I think it makes it that much more special to hear the final product.

I don't regard myself as a soloist. It's a color; I put it in for excitement. It's not great loss if a solo has to go. We've made songs without solos.

My favorite solos are all very melodic. Those are the ones that are the most memorable.

I love extended solos. I used to like them in the old days a lot, because it used to give me time to go to the pub for a drink.

With my first high school band ever, we would have these breaks in the song for idiotic solos, solos that were un-tasteful and would be shredding, but I needed to put them in there, and I realize now it's because we were playing shows with a whole bunch of bands that were all male.

Your solos should be as interesting as any other part of the song.

My parents were so far from the music world that they couldn't conceive how you could make a living. But for me, it was the only solution for the rest of my life.

I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.

I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry.

I was in a band called Groove Solution. Because there was a groove crisis, and we solved it.

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.