I tell people to listen really closely to the song when they're working out their guitar parts. — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Almost every time, if the vocal is really good, the band is almost always good too. — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
There are songs that do get lost along the way, but as soon as you pull them out it all comes back… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Keeping a band together is more work than anybody will ever tell you. — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
My very first guitar was pretty much unplayable. I was 14 or something. My mom went to a pawn shop and got… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
When I go see AC/DC, if they dont play 'Back in Black' Im gonna think, 'Well, that was good, but man, I… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you start writing a song, you dont know where theyre going to lead you. You just kind of follow the… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Songwriting is such a mysterious thing. Its a magical channel thats a gift to you and you cant really conjure it up… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
I have about 10 or 12 guitars, some of which are in non-standard tunings. Mostly I play a clone of my 59… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
My amp setup is the same that Ive had for years. Its a Fender Princeton side-by-side with a Fender Tweed Deluxe. Thats… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
The first time I saw Tom Petty, he was playing in a band called Mudcrutch with Tom Leadon. They were in a… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Im a product of my influences, and those are the 60s. All analog. I loved the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
The album format is what we grew up on. Its what we aspired to when we were first discovering music - its… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
I try to get into a headspace where I pretend like this is the first time Im ever hearing this song, and… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
I like songs that can be dark or threatening or dangerous, but its a better song if you can keep that and… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Listen to the melody and the feel of the singer, and try to get inside the character of the guy who's singing… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Its hard to explain if youve never done it, but youve got five guys in the studio, and youve got high expectations.… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
If I had to pick one guitar to take to a desert island, I'd pick my '67 Rickenbacker 12-string, which I bought… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Electric Gypsy' was really raw. I was literally sketching out the lyrics as they walked in the door. I jumped up and… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Songwriting is such a mysterious thing. Its a magical channel thats a gift to you and you cant really conjure it up when you… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
The album format is what we grew up on. Its what we aspired to when we were first discovering music - its what's what… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
Top Of The Pops' was the show to be on. Youd go in in the afternoon, re-record the track for them, and then youd… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
I would pay 30 bucks for you to write this on the back of my I.d. but the reason its so special is because… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
But there was no specific discussion when we came to make 'Hypnotic Eye' that were going to draw from a specific part of the… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
The first time I saw Tom Petty, he was playing in a band called Mudcrutch with Tom Leadon. They were in a park doing… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
If I had to pick one guitar to take to a desert island, I'd pick my '67 Rickenbacker 12-string, which I bought a couple… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
When I go see AC/DC, if they dont play 'Back in Black' Im gonna think, 'Well, that was good, but man, I just shelled… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
Its hard to explain if youve never done it, but youve got five guys in the studio, and youve got high expectations. Youve got… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
People always be calling me gay or fag, well I like girls too but I also find alot of guys cute but all these… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
I just woke up the other day and realized that I have been collecting guitars and amps my whole life and I just don't… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
But if you have something special, a bunch of guys who play well together, and a brilliant singer and writer who's truly unique, you… — Mike Campbell Copy Share
