“I am a typical teen who likes to shop, sing karaoke, spend time with family and friends, answer my www.myspace.com e-mails” Quote by Paula DeAnda
“My mother brought home the accordion in 1942. I was fascinated and wanted to learn to play it. Some of my music has a relationship to dance styles - The Well and the Gentle or The Wanderer for example.” WellsPlayHomeWantedMotherStyleExampleGentleFascinatedWanderersAccordions Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I have been writing mainly fiction. Occasionally there will be a song that hangs around the truth a little more than the rest, but even with those I end up fudging the facts just to keep it from going stale.” WritingLittlesHas BeensEndsFactsSongFictionStale Author:David Bazan
“On past records I usually did start with a story or an idea for a song and then write around it, but on Achilles' Heel I would just start writing and try to let the song and my sub-conscience determine the direction. which is a goofy way of saying I tried not to decide before hand what the song and or the characters would do and be like.” WayWritingTryingIdeasCharacterStoriesHandsPastSongRecordsConscienceDetermineHeelsGoofyAchillesAchilles Heel Author:David Bazan
“Convince yourself that everything is alright. Cause it already is.” CausesConvinceAlright Author:Pete Yorn
“That's the way I came up, writing and recording at home. I developed by playing everything myself. I was a drummer first and that's my favorite instrument to play. Once I get the drums done, everything else comes real quick. Also, we track in my friends' garage, which is really small ... there's not really room to record live with a band.” WayWritingFirstsRealDonePlayHomeRoomsRecordsBandMy FriendsInstrumentsMy FavoriteTrackDrummerGarage Author:Pete Yorn
“I can't play any horns. Every time I tried to take saxophone lessons as a kid ... I can't whistle. I don't know if that has anything to do with.” IfsKnowsI CanPlayKidsLessonsHornsSaxophone Author:Pete Yorn
“I got shocked really bad at a show once. We do this big intro to a cover of the Smiths' "Panic on the Streets of London" and I got a huge shock and went, 'Ohhhh!' We had to stop the show for 15 minutes.” ShowsBigsStreetsMinutesHugeLondonShockPanicShocked Author:Pete Yorn
“You know when I started playing music as a young man I felt the need to be noticed and to prove myself. My motivation is much different now but what's still left is the love of music and the joy of entertaining people- the feeling that I make a difference, giving something back rather than just taking. Every year or two I come out with new music, or new arrangements of old music which keeps my show fresh.” PeopleKnowsMenNeedsGivingYearsStillsTwoDifferentShowsFeelingsYoungJoyMotivationLeftFeltDifferencesProveYoung ManMaking A DifferenceEntertainingArrangementsMusic LovePlaying MusicNew MusicProve MyselfOld Music Author:Peter White
“I just want a band and keep them working, people that I like and who I think a lot of. Once my band is happy, then I am happy.” PeopleThinkingWantBand Author:Pharoah Sanders
“I've been getting publishing royalties and stuff like that. I have just been lucky. They come in at the right time. Sometimes they don't, but I am not wealthy or anything like that. I just love to work. I would rather work three hundred and something days out of the year. I would rather be working. They don't know. I love playing. Then I can really get my music together.” KnowsYearsI CanSometimesTogetherThreeStuffLuckyHundredWealthyPublishingRight TimeRoyalty Author:Pharoah Sanders