“People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldDoeArtistNextParticularBandLike Something Author:Conor Oberst
“What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.” SongParticularBandDisturbing Author:Scott Putesky
“Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when I feel like I'm the lead guitarist in a rock band. We all gotta be going somewhere strong together, you know?” KnowsFeelsSelfTogetherHateSongStrongGrowsRocksParticularExpressionInvolvedBandElementsI HateSelf ExpressionGuitaristRock BandsStrong Together Author:David First
“Life is an energy field, a bunch of molecules. And these particular molecules formed to make these four guys, who then formed into this band called the Beatles and did all that work. I have to think that was something metaphysical. Something alchemic. Something that must be thought of as magic.” ThinkingLife IsGuyEnergyFourMagicFieldsParticularBandBunchMetaphysicalMoleculesEnergy Fields Author:Paul McCartney
“When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular moment in the song where there's passion, you've got nine guys behind you, all driving that sound and that feeling with you. That's like surfing a huge wave, because once you start you really can't stop it, you got it going down a huge mountain.” FeelsPlayMomentsFeelingsGuySongPassionSoundBehindsParticularHugeBandMountainWaveDrivingNineSurfingBehind YouLarger Than Life Author:Jason Mraz
“I think our particular sound has come by just not adhering to any specific sound. For us, it's about the song, and being able to fit in to what is appropriate. When we sit down, we're not talking about what type of band we're gonna be within a specific genre - there's a uniqueness to all of us individually that throws putting anything in a box out the window.” ThinkingAbleSongSoundTalkingParticularTypeFitBandWindowBoxesGenreAppropriateUniquenessNot Talking Author:Nate Ruess
“From the beginning, there was so much pressure in the early San Francisco punk scene for everyone to be different than everyone else, to flaunt your intelligence and insights instead of every band sounding alike, like what plagues punk music in particular today.” DifferentTodayParticularSceneBandPressureInsightPunkPlagueSan FranciscoPunk Music Author:Jello Biafra
“Another factor is that in terms of the original compositions, this is our strongest year yet. Everyone wrote a fantastic piece and everyone really had a greater sense of how to write for this band -- not only for this particular instrumentation, but for these particular players. Each year, the reality is getting closer to the ideal of a collective.” WritingYearsRealityTermGreaterPiecesPlayerParticularBandIdealsOriginalsFactorsFantasticCollectivesStrongestCompositionInstrumentation Author:Joshua Redman
“I just listen to quite random songs; I don't like really particular artists or bands.” ArtistSongParticularBandJust Listen Author:Oliver Sim
“Of course, no lyrics are ever unintentional, but I think bands like Wolf Parade and the Arcade Fire have a tendency to touch on big themes without really following through on them or tying them in to a particular logic.” ThinkingBigsCoursesFireParticularBandLogicFollowingTendenciesThemeParadesFollow ThroughArcadesArcade Fire Author:Dan Bejar