I wanna write a classic metal record, a classic rock…

I listen to a lot of Pink Floyd, the Doors, Elton John, Sabbath, Metallica, GN'R, Megadeth - just classic rock, classic metal stuff.

— M. Shadows

Even when I wrote death metal songs for a death metal record, I was always trying to do my best to make it as…

— Tobias Forge

To do an extreme metal record is something that is well within my capacity as a musician to write stuff out of the box,…

— Phil Anselmo

I think Nouveau Gloaming is a classic black metal record and I would hate to be a band that kept trying to recapture the…

— Mat McNerney

You don't have to be dead to write a classic, and you don't have to be literary to be smart.

— Lisa Scottoline

“A friend of mine asked me if it's still possible to write a classic. I told him we will never know.”

— Gary Hays

Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.

— Liam Gallagher

I kind of write in a very classic way. I sit in the piano, working on some catchy, cool melodies and coming up with…

— Jonas Blue

'Elect the Dead' is a rock record that takes you on a journey with different types of genres integrated, different lyrical themes digested, and…

— Serj Tankian

I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally.

— Liz Phair

After Party' was going to be a rock record.

— Adore Delano

If I did a Rock record, it would be equally as truthful because I love Rock. I had to actually sing to Bon Jovi…

— Estelle

The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record

— Johnny Winter

I love working with my band-mates in Alkaline Trio, but to make a rock record that was just mine was something that I wanted…

— Matt Skiba

The 'Manipulator' record was really fun to do. It was far less heavy and draining, in an emotional way. It was just like making…

— Ty Segall