“It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in any category are more or less filling out the forms they've been handed. But there are always exceptional gems.” PeopleTryingStillsFormSoundBandSignificantRealmsCategoriesNew ThingsExceptionalFillingGems Author:David First
“There are a lot of people that don't scour websites regularly or read music reviews. They need whatever, the other kinds of stuff, whether it's an appearance on Lettterman or posters or ads. They need to kind of be hit more in the face and be told that there's something new out there.” PeopleNeedsKindFacesStuffAppearanceSomething NewReviewsAdsWebsitePosters Author:David Byrne
“I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician.” JobsStupidBandMusicianDeterminedGarageDay JobsCrappy Day Author:Paul Westerberg
“There's a great temptation to clean everything up and make everything more perfect. You have to know when to stop and stop doing it, or you might end up with something that sounds metronomic.” KnowsEndsMightSoundPerfectCleanTemptation Author:David Byrne
“Music is relegated to an underground, relatively obscure group of listeners. It's partly because of the nature of the medium. With a piece of visual art, you can look at something ugly, brutal and in your face, but it's kind of - there it is. It doesn't take you over in the same way that putting on the music at a certain volume does.” WayLooksKindDoeArtFacesCertainPiecesGroupsMusic IsUglyMediumsVisualsYour FaceBrutalVolumeListenersObscureVisual Art Author:David Byrne
“If you're in music, you're in music, and if you're in music you just want to keep making records and playing. That's what it's about, isn't it? At least, that's what I always thought it was about, anyway.” IfsWantRecords Author:Paul Weller
“Having a diverse sense of taste - or lack of taste - I loved so many different things. I was drawn to the stupidity and excitement of glam, I had a thorough upbringing in rhythm and blues.” DifferentTasteStupidityRhythmExcitementDifferent ThingsDiverseUpbringingThoroughGlamRhythm And Blues Author:Paul Westerberg
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” KnowsMenDogPetMy DogPuppyFunny LovePuppy DogPet AnimalsPet DogGreat DogPuppies And DogsCute DogGreat PetMan And DogFunny DogInspirational DogCute PuppyFunny PuppyLove My DogCurmudgeonFaithful FriendsFaithful DogsLoving DogDog DaysDogs TumblrDogs DyingWag The DogAnimal Friends Author:Charles de Gaulle
“Each album we [The Replacements] made was the one we were capable of making and wanted to make at the time. Each one was a progression or, depending on your opinion, a sidestep or tumble forward. I don't know what.” KnowsMadeWantedOpinionCapableAlbumsProgressionReplacements Author:Paul Westerberg
“People are renovating places and opening ambitious new venues. That's one thing that music does. It gets people out of their houses, and gets them hanging out together.” PeopleDoeTogetherHouseOne ThingOpeningHanging OutAmbitiousVenues Author:David Byrne