Quotes About Music

I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices.

When my dad toured in '91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty scary. I was 12, or 13.

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.

When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad.

When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming.

I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that's what my dad was into.

My dad and my uncles used to always be in the studio at my house.

My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player.

There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".

If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad.

My dad gave $3 and a chicken for the first guitar I had.

My dads music was a great inspiration to me.

All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe.

Paul McCartney's dad told him that when he was a kid. "Son, play the piano and when you go to parties, the girls will come to you."

My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.

Bowie's been a huge influence on me. I remember early on, my dad pulling out the 'Diamond Dogs' album, and the cover alone just grabbed my attention. I think I was probably around 12.

My dad taught me not to overplay, to think about my parts when I play, even in a live situation.

Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, Id like to study piano.

My dad brought me Michael Jackson and Madonna and said, "This is ALL you need to know!"

My dad was a self-taught stride piano player. The myth is - I don't whether it's true or not - that he taught himself to play by watching a player piano.

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.

Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I loved listening to him sing.

As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I ever met his dad.

My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar.