“....the songs are universal enough that in ten years time they should still hold up quite well.” Quote by Greg Graffin
“Whether or not punk is the flavor of the month is not important for us. Bad Religion has been popular through many different climates. When heavy metal was popular, when new wave was popular, Bad Religion was still there underneath the mainstream selling more and more records.” Has BeensStillsImportantDifferentRecordsMonthsClimateWaveHeavySellingMetalsMainstreamPunkFlavorHeavy MetalFlavor Of The MonthSelling More Author:Greg Graffin
“There aren't any songs that I would call impossible to play live, but some are difficult. A lot of Queensryche songs are difficult to play live. It's quite a difficult question to answer because everybody (In the band) has their own opinion of what's difficult to play.” PlaySongDifficultAnswersOpinionImpossibleBandDifficult Questions Author:Geoff Tate
“About 1990 there was a huge shakeup in the music industry and the 6 major record companies fired all the music people and hired business graduates to take over the spots. So the music became not as important. What really became important was the bottom line, how much money you could make.” PeopleImportantLinesCompanyRecordsHugeIndustryMajorsMusic IsBottomSpotsGraduatesBottom LineMusic IndustryRecord Companies Author:Geoff Tate
“I had all these songs lying around. They had all these woman characters, and I thought the idea of the Woman King would be a good way to tie them all together.” WayIdeasCharacterWould BeTogetherLyingSongKingsTiesGood Way Author:Iron & Wine
“It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do a lot of writing in the morning.” WritingSongEasyMorningDepends Author:Iron & Wine
“We play some smaller songs larger than they are the record, and vice versa. It took me a while to get used to playing live.” PlayUsedSongRecordsVicesVice Versa Author:Iron & Wine
“How could I resist? Look, I love that record and have nothing but great, great memories of my time with BLACK SABBATH . Tony was really busy but got his solos to me at the last minute as he promised and they are just fantastic. I think BLACK SABBATH fans will be over the moon when they hear what he's done. As for Roger and Ian , well, they just sound great on this song so it really did become 'Black Purple'. Personally, I love the irony of it all.” ThinkingWellsLooksDoneLastsSongSoundBlackMemoriesRecordsFansMinutesMoonBusyFantasticIronyMy TimeSoloPurpleRogerSabbathLast MinuteBlack SabbathGreat Memories Author:Ian Gillan
“After my early days of being a passionate young Elvis fan, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, etc. I got interested in Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald. Then I got turned on to the blues. I realized how important it was to our music in England at the time. Everyone was into the blues. Then you start looking at the different kinds of blues, and you follow the journey backwards from Chicago to earlier times back down to the Delta to the Memphis Blues.” KindLittlesImportantDifferentYoungJourneyFansEnglandPassionateI RealizedEtcChicagoRaysDifferent KindsBackwardsChuckBerriesMemphisDelta Author:Ian Gillan
“We spent a long time learning the craft of songwriting, Roger Glover and I, for a few years before we joined Deep Purple. You learn about the percussive value of words, and you learn about rhyme and meter. You learn that you can't transform a poem into a song lyric, mostly because the spoken shape of words is different than the sung shape of words. You wouldn't use the vowel 'U' or the vowel sound 'ooo' for a high note for example, its very difficult.” YearsLongDifferentUseValuesSongDifficultSoundExampleShapesLong TimeNotesCraftsSongwritingRhymePurpleRogerMeterVowelsHigh NotesDeep Purple Author:Ian Gillan
“I gave away the money advanced from my record company on my first album, I'm the type of person who likes to give. I gave to my sister. She has four little babies and bought an old house and it needed repairs.” GivingFirstsLittlesPersonsHouseCompanyRecordsFourBabyTypeNeededAlbumsLikesMy SisterRecord CompaniesOld Houses Author:Jo Dee Messina