“A lot of people at my school could play the "Stairway to Heaven" guitar solo, but they couldn't play three chords of a Ramones song if their life depended on it because they didn't have the strength or ability to do it. But all I did was practice that, and the style that I eventually fell into is more focused than people would actually imagine.” PeopleIfsPlaySchoolSongThreeHeavenAbilityPracticeImagineStyleGuitarFocusedSoloChordsRamonesStairwaysGuitar SolosStairway To Heaven Author:Kevin Shields
“Oftentimes, when people cut a record from analog tape to vinyl, they digitize the music first; I did a little investigating and discovered that most vinyl records that I've ever heard were digitized before they were put onto vinyl.” PeopleFirstsLittlesRecordsCuttingHeardTapeVinylInvestigatingAnalog Author:Kevin Shields
“Ownership and control is important, because if you don't own what you do, all sorts of stupid stuff happens to it, and people spend good money on garbage.” PeopleIfsImportantHappensStuffStupidOwnershipGarbageGood MoneyStuff HappensOwnership And Control Author:Kevin Shields
“The corporate system is fully psychopathic, and any creative people who enter into business with any of these organizations come up against a lifetime of issues. You just deal with it as you go along. It'll keep on happening until people reorganize the organizations.” PeopleDealsCreativeIssuesHappeningsOrganizationLifetimeCome UpCorporateCreative PeoplePsychopathic Author:Kevin Shields
“Most people just give up with time and go, "I'm a victim." The only reason I've got the reputation for delays and spending a long time on things is because I just don't stop.” PeopleGivingLongReasonGiving UpLong TimeVictimSpendingReputationDelayJust Give Up Author:Kevin Shields
“I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general. I always had a fascination with that sound. It's a mixture of the idea that something could be going wrong along with the idea of bending constrained, Westernized music out of tune. But because I wasn't copying an idea, and it just came from somewhere inside me, it felt like a birth of something that most people didn't understand at the time.” PeopleBirthMusical Author:Kevin Shields
