The fact is that we take music very seriously.
What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.
People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts.
When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me.
Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.
I had a vision of myself as a novelist because that was where I could be serious. I couldn't with music.
I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head.
I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes.
Each one of us had a little story to tell and each recording was based on that. Lou played all of the music but we both sort of kicked around some cords during the writing phase.
I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.
I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in a cycle in that respect, because it's every day anyway, no matter what I'm doing. Then I get to a point when I've collected together enough wor...
I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that's frightening because I haven't been there before.
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Ri...
When I was 15, 16, 17 years old, I spent five hours a day juggling, and I probably spent six hours a day seriously listening to music. And if I were 16 now, I would put that time into playing video games.
I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of country western music, and you can't really be a fan of jazz without listening to a lot of music that's religious.
Music is an important part of my writing process.
I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry.
A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.
And the input that we always got from Deadheads, at the moment of making the music, was always a factor.
