“I think there are just a million interviews in anthologies with famous musicians that are about the music, and they're really boring to read.” ThinkingMillionsMusicianBoringInterviewsAnthologyFamous Musician Author:Neil Strauss
“You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.” ShouldMadeStuffMusicianRelyInterviewsEditorsFactual Author:Black Francis
“I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it, but the music that came before that - that's an important story. So many interviews with musicians get the time or context wrong. You have these older bands, usually men, who tell stories about "Oh, we got into this huge fight, this guy punched that guy," that's the wrong sort of story. My view of the time is truly pioneering.” MenWantImportantStoriesGuyFightingViewsTalkingHugeBandMusicianInterviewsThis GuyThat GuyNot TalkingPioneeringIndie Music Author:Ian MacKaye
“I read an interview with a Japanese freestyle jazz musician once, and he said something like, "Everything I'm going to tell you is not going to be true." He's not saying, "I'm trying to lie to you." But he's kind of saying that you can never say what something really is.” TryingKindSaidLyingMusicianJazzBeing TrueInterviewsJazz MusicJazz MusicianFreestyle Author:Paul Beatty
“I would tell anyone, pick the person you love the most, the musician, the actor, public figure, whatever, and watch a bunch of their interviews and find ones where they talk about all the times they've failed, all the times they weren't good enough, and watch those on the regular. It's a very unique type of inspiration. It's almost like spiritual jumper cables for your inner drive.” PersonsEnoughInspirationSpiritualActorsWatchesFiguresTypeMusicianUniquePicksBunchInterviewsGood EnoughCablesPublic FiguresJumpers Author:Lilly Singh
“I saw a nice interview with Dave Binney recently. He was saying, "Man it was never easy. It's not like 'Oh wow, the good old days.' What, when certain people couldn't vote?" There was more work for musicians in the '40s, '50s, '60s. But I don't think it was ever easy.” PeopleThinkingMenCertainEasySawsNiceMusicianVoteInterviewsWowOld DaysDaveGood Old Days Author:Jon Gordon
“I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so many questions about that.” ThinkingListeningGrewGrew UpMusicianInterviewsDave Author:Malin Akerman