It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.
I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.
I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.
I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.
I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.
Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit.
When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing.
I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.
Lately, I've been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!
It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done.
I never work out my leads. Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. If someone says, 'That was good; play that again,' I'm not able to do it.
If it had remained always my band, my natural tendency would have been to get more complex and arrange things more and more. That wouldn't necessarily be good for Eddie, or anyone else in the band.
There is a tendency for writers to be most exciting by whatever they just wrote. Sometimes that excitement is warranted. Sometimes on further listen it's not as good as something they did a couple of years ago, but it's just not in their sights at th...
What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence.
Life seems terrible and disappointing, so you need to find something you need to make you stick around. Music that makes me happiest is the saddest music, with the most emotional feel.
My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.
They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.
Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.
I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now.
Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.
Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that middle ground.
