“I think we got started like all bands. We wanted to make some noise, hang out, and have some fun. Remember, we're from Buffalo - there isn't really that much to do. When we started we were a cover band and slowly developed our own material.” ThinkingWantedRememberFunMaterialsBandNoiseHanging OutBuffalo Author:John Rzeznik
“Nobody likes to hear a f**king rock star talk about his problems” ProblemStarsRocksKingsLikesRock Star Author:John Rzeznik
“It's was all the internet. I started writing songs in high school, right about the time of the onset of Napster. I went to college in Dallas, and when I'd get back from class I'd have fans emailing me from different areas of the country asking when the album was going to be out and when I was going on tour. It was crazy, because I didn't even consider myself a professional musician.” WritingDifferentCountrySchoolSongCrazyCollegeInternetMusicianHigh School Author:Graham Colton
“I'm in touch with Stick players all over the world, so I have a unique perspective on what they need from a website. Stick Enterprises is a small family-run business, but they have a depth of experience and committment that's pretty rare these days. I try to make sure that all the bases are covered for them, because I think what they do is really valuable to the music world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsTryingRunningPlayerPerspectiveUniqueBasesSticksDepthValuableThese DaysEnterpriseCoveredWebsiteUnique PerspectiveSmall Family Author:Greg Howard
“The first instrument I had was made in the late '70s. Back then they had basically one tuning. I shifted slightly away from that tuning right away (to what is now called the Baritone Melody Tuning), because I wanted more string overlap between the two sides.The instrument I currently play has an active pickup system, Fret Rails, a fully adjustible bridge, adjustible truss, Flaps adjustible nut. Even with all of these advances, I'm always struck when I play the older instrument how good they were even then. Emmett's always been great at implementing his ideas.” FirstsMadeTwoIdeasPlayWantedSidesLateInstrumentsActiveBridgesStringsMelodyNutsTwo SidesRailTuningPickupsImplementingBaritones Author:Greg Howard
“I've always been an Industrial fan. People who say "Industrial is out" are the same people who will say "IDM is out" in a year or two. Ambulance chasers.” PeopleYearsTwoFansAmbulanceChasers Author:Mike Wells
“I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.” ThinkingBigsChoicesActorsMisconception Author:Famke Janssen
“What I mean is I'd rather be a Burt Bacharach figure, where if I did gigs there'd be other people there singing the songs. I just don't want to promote myself as an artist if you like. I've been writing loads and loads of songs and I want to feed them out and produce artists. But I have to do that from a center. There has to be a structure. It has to be from a company that has an image, that has a name.” PeopleWritingMeanArtistSongSinging Author:Nick Heyward
“Instead of taking full advantage of having eight women at once, I spent all my time trying to find a real girlfriend.” TryingRealGirlfriendReal Girl Author:Nick Heyward
“Usually it's lyric first, but sometimes it's melody. And I carry a hand-held recorder everywhere I go so I can just hum or whistle a melody if one hits me. Sometimes it's both simultaneously - lyric and melody at the same time - those are a little confusing to me, but sometimes it comes in that form. I just feel like I have my own little radio station and sometimes the static clears and something beams in from out there.” IfsFeelsFirstsLittlesI CanSometimesHandsFormMy OwnRadioStationsMelodyConfusingStaticBeamRadio StationsRecorders Author:Hal Ketchum