No one was more surprised that that first Boston record took off than the record company itself. — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
Music doesn't have to have lyrics; it doesn't have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I take chances. I don't limit myself. I don't think anybody who listens to Boston would have predicted hearing a female rapper… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
If things aren't going well, music is what I turn to so I can get away from it, to take my mind… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
Trying to get my music performed live by bar bands was a self defeating experience. It really just distracted me from what… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I'm never too ambitious when I go into the studio. I always know that I'm just going into the studio to work… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
Fun is when you're writing a song and you're trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That's when it's… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I heard 'More Than A Feeling' for the first time when somebody came running into my office in the engineering department and… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I've sort of decided that I can settle for being just the artist, arranger, writer and part-time engineer. That seems like enough… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
All Boston songs are fairly difficult to translate to the stage. None of them are especially easy to play or sing. A… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I will say that I know Nirvana did a show and played a few chords from 'More Than a Feeling' before they… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
When I write a song and come up with an arrangement and a vocal part, it's always a challenge trying to find… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
The problem is that once I start on a song and get a rough idea of where I might go with an… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of having to reproduce a recorded song live that I sing. I have enough to do on… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I took classical piano for a couple of years, but I sort of lost interest - I couldn't read a note today… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I can tell you that I can always recognize a Boston song, even if it's in a noisy place. I can hear… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
The music that I wrote and recorded is music that I really enjoy listening to. It's just dumb luck that a lot… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
Im a huge fan of Joe Walsh and a big James Gang fan. A lot of what I know about playing the… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
'Life, Love & Hope' is... I'm thinking 'larger picture.' I'm not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
The pressure is all self-imposed, and it's to live up to the expectations of people who are going to shell out their… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of having to reproduce a recorded song live that I sing. I have enough to do on stage. I'm… — Tom Scholz Copy Share
Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the… — Tom Scholz Copy Share
I'm certainly aware of the fans. I'm always hoping that what I'm doing is something they'll like, because I do appreciate them. But, no,… — Tom Scholz Copy Share
I'm a total rink rat. I can do the toe loop, the lutz, a flip, and the Scholz. That's one I invented. It's like… — Tom Scholz Copy Share
I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first… — Tom Scholz Copy Share
I'm going to say this as an ethereal effect, not something that people are necessarily aware of while it's happening, but my theory is… — Tom Scholz Copy Share
I played in a couple of really crummy bands, including one in the dorm I was in at MIT, for a year or two. — Tom Scholz Copy Share
The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind. — Tom Scholz Copy Share
I'm never too ambitious when I go into the studio. I always know that I'm just going into the studio to work on or… — Tom Scholz Copy Share
If things aren't going well, music is what I turn to so I can get away from it, to take my mind somewhere else. — Tom Scholz Copy Share
There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are… — Tom Scholz Copy Share
