“I've always been a bit wary of keyboards because there's an invisibility to it - you're not really hitting anything.” Quote by Feist
“You hit a guitar, you hit a note, you hit a drum, you hit an organ. Meat and potatoes. Simplicity. Not getting too caught up in little tweezers of perfection.” LittlesPerfectionNotesGuitarSimplicityCaughtMeatOrgansCaught UpPotatoesMeat And Potatoes Author:Feist
“There are certain parts of chords that resolve things and tie a bow, and others that keep things open and unanswered.” CertainTiesResolveBowsChordsUnanswered Author:Feist
“Any parent would have reservations if their kid came home dressed like a skinhead, but mine understood that punk kept me focused on something when so many of my friends were out robbing 7-Elevens.” IfsHomeKidsParentMinesUnderstoodMy FriendsFocusedPunkReservationsRobbing Author:Daughn Gibson
“I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music went the "safe" way - not doing drugs, being straight edge.” WayWholeKidsGrewDrugSafeGrew UpTownsEdgesPunkSmall TownHogStraight EdgePunk Music Author:Daughn Gibson
“I definitely straddled the line and hung out with high-school dirtbags. I'd tell my parents I was spending the night at my friend's but actually go to Philly and see a show at Starlight Ballroom. I would drink and do all that stuff, but I didn't set any barns on fire.” ShowsSchoolNightStuffParentLinesFireDrinkHigh SchoolMy FriendsSpendingHungBarnsBallroomStarlightDirtbags Author:Daughn Gibson
“I grew up in Nazareth, Penn., which was an hour and a half from New York, and an hour and a half from Philly. So bands that were touring came through one way or another. We got to see stuff people in other small towns didn't, like Wesley Willis. I couldn't have asked for a better place to grow up and be into music.” PeopleWayGrowsStuffHoursHalfGrowing UpNew YorkGrewBandGrew UpTownsOne WayBetter PlaceSmall TownTouringNazareth Author:Daughn Gibson
“You can't quite believe what you are hearing - and it's not necessarily something that you can listen to all the time because it's too intense - but it changes the way you go about making music.” WayBelieveHearingIntense Author:Daughn Gibson
“If you ask any driver about their first trip to New York, it's always crazy.” IfsFirstsAsksCrazyNew YorkDrivers Author:Daughn Gibson
“I've been thinking a lot about Anacortes and what it's like to be here, though I'm not trying to get people to move here - I would hate that.” PeopleThinkingTryingMovingHate Author:Phil Elvrum
“I learned how to sit on the couch in front of the fire and read a magazine, just for like eight hours a day, every day. It was... crazy.” HoursFireCrazyFrontsEightMagazinesCouches Author:Phil Elvrum