Musician Quotes

Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.

The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.

I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old.

I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy.

I think it goes without saying that a lot of big horror fans are just nerds and geeks.

Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps.

For me, one of the most perfect times to watch a horror movie is when it's cold and raining outside and there's pretty much no outdoor activity to be done. It kind of sets the mood.

A lot of the main characters in horror movies are outsiders as well, so that outsider syndrome reverberates within horror fans and geeky collectors. It's kind of a rallying call that brings fans and collectors together who are a little socially retarded, maybe.

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.

A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.

I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more.

I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.

There is nothin' like a dame.

The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.

The dearest things I know are what you are.

You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?

If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.

A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!