Quotes About Music

I guess that's always the mystery of music. It's like why does this song make me feel so grey or why does it make me feel sad or happy or nostalgic and so I'm most fascinated by breaking that down in my music.

I want my music to make you reminiscent or nostalgic of your childhood, or take you back to a better place.

Ireland's always been good to us. We always get nostalgic when we play there because it was the very first proper show we did.

I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing.

There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes - because they are not good enough to make the record. A lot of people forget that.

It's my music. If it's not good enough, then that's how it will be.

My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.

With my songs, the question is always, 'Can you pull it off live, alone on just an acoustic guitar?' That's the litmus test. If I can, then it's a song I ought to record. If I can't, it's probably not good enough.

Every time I looked in the mirror, it was like, 'You're not good enough.' 'There's always someone more popular.' 'There's always someone more gifted in music.'

Keith Moon is not interested in jazz and won't ever be a jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at.

I'm not interested in a rock/jazz fusion.

I just want to work on music and make some new stars. I'm not interested in being a star.

I'm not interested in anything besides making some good music, helping some artists, being an executive. I'm pretty happy with that.

I'm not interested in making an album that's just dark and pummelling for an hour, nor am I interested in making a beatless record from start to finish.

I didn't know how to play lead guitar. There was a freedom in not knowing how to do it.

That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.

I was in a band called the SteelDrivers, and we just played hard in vans, hopping on airplanes, not knowing where you're at.

I see the headlines on Blabbermouth, and the fans are saying, 'Why is he always talking about Dream Theater?' I'm not talking about Dream Theater! I get asked about it.

Music is my one opportunity to let out how I'm feeling when I'm not talking to a chick or my mom, you know what I mean? It's just venting.

If there was a wrong note, it didn't matter as long as it was rocking.

I don't know one note from another.

Every note is a lifetime for itself.

There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.

What I couldn't have dreamed of is that the fame would last for the rest of our lives without me having to play another note.