Quotes About Music

Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.

I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative.

I believe good music heals souls.

Garage rock is music for older people with young souls and young people with old souls. It's a certain sensibility, and you may have it when you're 17 or when you're 67.

I really think that the music is the food for our souls.

You have to find a sound that reflects what our souls feel like inside, how our bodies actually feel. That's why we made our own beats. We couldn't find a producer who could give us the feeling to match our lyrics.

I can't really describe my sound.

Sometimes I sound like gravel, and sometimes I sound like coffee and cream.

If something grooves and you like the sound, then that's all you need.

I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.

In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.

It's all about sound. It's that simple.

I feel like music itself is inspirational enough. Especially with the Internet. Not to sound like a shut-in.

As a DJ, people expect a certain sound and a certain danceability for the music. As a producer, I really like to let go of any rules that may exist.

I made that a point when I was creating my sound from the beginning, I didn't want to sound like anybody. Once I kind of found my own sound, I mastered it.

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.

You could make any song sound creepy if you wanted. It's all about the inflection.

I like things that don't sound particularly processed or mechanical or made by machines. I like music that contains human elements, with all their flaws. There's air in it, and you can hear a room of a bunch of guys playing. Those are the magic parts.

As a musician, language is almost like another instrument. Every word has a sound.

I don't have and have never had an email address. I'm old school. But as far as downloads go, my only objection is I like the sound of CDs better, so I buy those. I think the sound quality is better.

Rap bores me, and all the glamour rock groups like Bon Jovi just amuse me. They obviously have a place, but they all sound like they use the same guitar player to me.

My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.

Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.

People say I play real loud. I don't, actually. I'm recorded loud and a lot of that is because we have good engineers. Mick knows what a good drum sound is as well, so that's part of the illusion really. I can't play loud.