Quotes About Music

Little Richard, he'd say, 'Oh Dick Dale! You have luscious lips!'

Rick Rubin's amazing, by the way. I just need to say that.

I'd love to work with Rick Rubin. He made some pretty seminal records.

I think Alison Krauss and her band are the best today. The same goes for Rick Skaggs and his band.

I've learned to respect Rick Ross' music.

Before games and sometimes practice, I like something with a dope beat. Like Rick Ross, when he's just like, 'RUH!,' all that stuff.

That's what a producer does - make it better; help make the song better and make the band better. Not write music for the band or tell a band what to do. And Rick Rubin doesn't tell you what to do; that's why some people don't like him.

Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.

I have to admit that I was never into the boy band craze of the late '90s and the early aughts. I was into more adult things like Ricky Martin. For reals.

I listened to a lot of Ricky Skaggs' Country stuff.

When young people hear auto-tune, they think that's real R&B. You have to get rid of all of the gimmicks.

I wouldn't put out anything that I didn't want to ride to.

Anyone who's 71 years old would look ridiculous singing rock.

We have a ridiculous amount of material.

There's nobody like us in rock history. I'm not saying we're the greatest band in the world - that would be ridiculous.

One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.

You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

I play guitar and I'm always trying to find out the latest kinds of riffs.

I've got so much material; like, it feels as if every day I'm coming up with so many riffs.

For me, the fun part is riffs, and making the riffs is what I... that's my world. I'm born for that. And when it comes to lyrics, it's an agonizing process.

When I bring my music to a live audience, I know right away whether it is being appreciated or not.

A lot of times, if you're not getting inspiration right away, we'll listen to stuff to get inspired.

We'll go in one direction with one album, and then we like to do the opposite right away. But it's not like we ever have an idea before we start - that would be too artificial. It all starts from just sitting in a room and playing.