Neil Young
“Back then people closed their eyes and listened to the music. Today there is a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it’s all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.”
“There’s an edge to real rock n roll. It’s all that matters.”
Neil Young
Jimmy Page – Led Zeppelin
“My vocation is more in composition than anything else – building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army.”
– Jimmy Page
Elvis Presley said…
“Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.”
“Rock and roll music, if you like it. you feel it, you can’t help but move to it. That’s what happens to me. I can’t help it.”
“I think I have something tonight that’s not quite correct for evening wear….. Blue suede shoes.”
Elvis Presley
Chet Atkins – Guitarist Extraordinaire Said…
About making mistakes:
“Do it again on the next verse, and people will think you meant it.”
Chet Atkins
Chuck Berry said…
About making mistakes:
“Don’t let the same dog bite you twice.”
Chuck Berry
Billie Joe from Green Day says:
“Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything”
Billie Joe Armstrong – Green Day
John Bonham – Drummer – Led Zeppelin
Speaking out about making mistakes:
“Sometimes you’d come up against a brick wall…or sometimes you go into a fill and you’d know halfway through it was going to be disastrous.”
“There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed that I’d attempted something I’ve not tried before.”
John Bonham – Drummer – Led Zeppelin