“I get my inspiration from everyday life, things people my age are going through in life, good and bad experiences.” Quote by Manika
“It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It keeps building and building when you add the lyrics, the instruments, the vocals until you finally reach the finished song other people can enjoy.” PeopleWantWritingIdeasStoriesSongProcessEnjoySeeingBuildingInstrumentsAddFinishedWriting ProcessVocal Author:Manika
“As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I ever met his dad.” UsedSongDadMetsMy FavoriteRap Author:Michael Tolcher
“I am sure as I grow older I will understand more about my own feelings and how to put them in a song.” FeelingsSongGrowsMy Own Author:Michael Tolcher
“Usually as an artist I would write relatively within my own playing boundaries.” WritingArtistMy OwnBoundaries Author:Michael Tolcher
“I can do whatever I want, I can have my band, I can use different people, I can use studio players, it's complete, total freedom for me. If I want to make a video, now that I own my own record company, if the video has an American flame being engulfed by a huge puddle of oil, I can do that, I can say that if I want to.” PeopleIfsWantI CanDifferentUseCan DoMy OwnCompanyRecordsPlayerHugeBandStudiosOilVideoFlamesDifferent PeoplesRecord CompaniesPuddles Author:Richard Patrick
“Nirvana's amazing, but they're just never going to find another one, there's no artist development anymore, you're never going to have a U2, you're never going to have a Bruce Springsteen, those guys didn't make it off of their first single and real artists probably won't make it off of their first singles.” FirstsRealArtistGuyDevelopmentSinglesSpringsteenReal Artists Author:Richard Patrick
“I'm on this planet for another forty years at the most and I got a baby and a wife and I'm worried about their future and that kind of fear, that anger is spilling into my lyrics, I can't just sit back and talk about myself until I'm dead.” YearsKindI CanWifePlanetsBabyWorriedFortySpilling Author:Richard Patrick
“My idols have always stuck to their guns and said what they want to do.” WantSaidGunStuckIdols Author:Richard Patrick
“I think 9/11 was a couple of thousand assholes in Afghanistan who ran rampant and just kind of did their thing and we could have gotten them in Tora Bora if that was handled better.” IfsThinkingKindCoupleThousandRanAfghanistan Author:Richard Patrick