Favorite Quotes By Favorite Musicians

[tkitna]

"If he (Paul McCartney) fell on the piano, by the time he picked himself up he would have written three songs."

Donovan

 

[Peter Norway]

A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.

Ian Anderson

With albums comprised of 2 good songs and the rest filler, a lot of classic rock music was about stealing money from adults.

Peter Norway

 

[Guilded Smithers]

I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.
-Neil Young

 

[spudnuto]

"You don't have to be the best un, but be one of the good uns"...Muddy Waters to Keith Richards

 

[tkitna]

"I'm like all the rest of the guys in my neighborhood. I just play guitar better than they do." - Joe Walsh

 

[Sunny]

“Heavy metal drives me bonkers, it makes me want to vomit, heavy metal really is a pile of puke.”

Ian Gillan of Deep Purple – 1987

 

[Jake T]

"Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll."
Keith Richards

 

[Metal Health]

"Some of the worst mistakes I've made in life were haircuts." -Jim Morrison

 

[Jonny Come Lately]

'If somebody said to me now - right - here's a million pounds, go out and play Atom Heart Mother, I'd say you must be f***ing joking' - Roger Waters, 1984

I definitely like the Atom Heart Mother Suite better than Roger did/does, but I love the way he phrased this. I sometimes adapt these words in other circumstances!

 

[Metal Health]

I’m not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.
-Axl Rose