Music Quotes

I think that by staying true to myself and making music from my heart, the blessings come.

Music helps me tell my story. That's where I can really be heard. But there's so much focus on the things that aren't music.

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.

The Ramones are the type of group where it took the world, like, 30 years to catch up with them. Because we were kind of breaking new ground, coming up with new ideas and different concepts which kind of blazed a trail for a whole new music scene, really.

I think when people listen to music, they can truly feel authenticity. For me personally, as a listener, there's certain songs where I'm just like, 'Man, I know that person was really feeling that.'

Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.

When I make film music, I'm a filmmaker first and foremost. It's about serving the needs of the film. You're telling a story; in a way, you stop becoming a composer and become a storyteller instead. You tell the story with the most appropriate themes. How you approach these things is a very personal matter, but your goal is to tell the story first.

I love what I do: there is no pressure. The music doesn't like pressure.

I'm everybody in music's guilty pleasure.

When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.