Half of the modern world goes back as far as Pearl Jam. The real historians go back to U2. But they need to go back further. They have to go back to the '50s and '60s, where things started. That's how you get to be your own personality, by studying t...
I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?
When this genre of music started in America, Metallica was up north in California, we were in Southern California, Anthrax was on the East Coast. We each developed our own metal music, and after 30 years, we're still playing our metal music.
My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me.
I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11.
I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.
Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.
I don't see music as working.
People listen to music the way they want to listen to music.
New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in.
As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music.
I'm not trying to pull the rug out from under anybody, but the music really does tell you where to go.
I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me.
The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.
Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes.
Playing shows is really fun. And writing music is really fun. But going on tour for a year is one of the more soul-crushing experiences you can have as a creative person.
You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.
