The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.
Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.
When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.
For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.
Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.
It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way.
I'm still amazed by the process of recording.
I don't think of myself as a singer really.
I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready.
Yech," said Simon. "Don't 'yech' me. You're the one with the magical spit.
I did all my heavy partying before I turned sixteen.
The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.
We like songs that are familiar.
To this day, there's nobody, nobody that sounds like Janice Joplin.
War isn't about making history war is about breaking the present.
I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'
This is a racist country.
In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
I have very eclectic tastes.
When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.
Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
