--- title: "10 Band Quotes By Adam Granduciel" description: "10 Band quotes by Adam Granduciel. Plus more from Adam Granduciel and more Band sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/adam-granduciel-8971_band_the-ability-to-work-every-day-was-a-big_1483976.jpg" --- > [The ability to work every day was a big part of L.A.'s effect on my process and the band coming out from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/the-ability-to-work-every-day-was-a-big-part-of-l-a-s-effect-on-my/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/adam-granduciel-8971_band_the-ability-to-work-every-day-was-a-big_1483976.jpg) > [I'm really picky about stuff like videos or even pictures of the band, but at the same time, I don't really know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-m-really-picky-about-stuff-like-videos-or-even-pictures-of-the-band/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/adam-granduciel-8971_band_i-m-really-picky-about-stuff-like-videos_2999560.jpg) > [The Heartbreakers were what you imagine being in a band would be like - best buddies and great players and guys who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/the-heartbreakers-were-what-you-imagine-being-in-a-band-would-be-like/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/adam-granduciel-8971_band_the-heartbreakers-were-what-you-imagine_3119909.jpg) > [When you make a record, you get to live in an imaginary world where you have the best kind of band on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/when-you-make-a-record-you-get-to-live-in-an-imaginary-world-where/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/adam-granduciel-8971_band_when-you-make-a-record-you-get-to-live-i_2982062.jpg) > [As he grew older, his material was just as relevant and just as exciting and the band's just as killer... It seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/as-he-grew-older-his-material-was-just-as-relevant-and-just-as/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/adam-granduciel-8971_band_as-he-grew-older-his-material-was-just-a_2909716.jpg) > [I learned Neil Young songs, Bob Dylan songs and older songs. It wasn't until I moved to Philly that I had aspirations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-learned-neil-young-songs-bob-dylan-songs-and-older-songs-it-wasn-t/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/adam-granduciel-8971_aspirations_i-learned-neil-young-songs-bob-dylan-son_1891945.jpg) > [I ended up renting a studio in L.A. for about 15 months. Starting in January of 2016, some of the guys in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-ended-up-renting-a-studio-in-l-a-for-about-15-months-starting-in/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/adam-granduciel-8971_band_i-ended-up-renting-a-studio-in-l-a-for-a_474510.jpg) > [I like that kind of classic-type sound. A lot of my favorite albums were tracked live, with a four-piece band. I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-like-that-kind-of-classic-type-sound-a-lot-of-my-favorite-albums/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/adam-granduciel-8971_band_i-like-that-kind-of-classic-type-sound-a_938009.jpg) > [Touring is a rough thing. You don't have any time to look around or stop and think if what you're doing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/touring-is-a-rough-thing-you-don-t-have-any-time-to-look-around-or-2/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/adam-granduciel-8971_band_touring-is-a-rough-thing-you-don-t-have_2810539.jpg) > [I love playing guitar every night, and to be at this point where it's like, the songs are done and I'm happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-love-playing-guitar-every-night-and-to-be-at-this-point-where-it-s/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/adam-granduciel-8971_band_i-love-playing-guitar-every-night-and-to_3122461.jpg) ## Other authors on Band ## More by Adam Granduciel > [I'd think the house was the source of great sadness or pressure. I knew it wasn't. I knew it was just where I lived.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-d-think-the-house-was-the-source-of-great-sadness-or-pressure-i/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [I think where a lot of the stuff came from is that it started as something else and then it was transformed into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-think-where-a-lot-of-the-stuff-came-from-is-that-it-started-as/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [I just want to make that my life: recording music and trying to write a good song every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-just-want-to-make-that-my-life-recording-music-and-trying-to-write/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [Neil Young, who isn't really evident when you listen to my music, is probably my favorite of the legends, besides Dylan. They're all a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/neil-young-who-isn-t-really-evident-when-you-listen-to-my-music-is/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [All day long you write little ideas on the piano and the guitar, but sometimes all you have to do is come in, set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/all-day-long-you-write-little-ideas-on-the-piano-and-the-guitar-but/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [I never have a clear goal or a theme when it comes to writing an album.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-never-have-a-clear-goal-or-a-theme-when-it-comes-to-writing-an-album/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [I work off of my early demos. I'll keep adding on top of that, but I usually gravitate towards whatever that original idea was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-work-off-of-my-early-demos-i-ll-keep-adding-on-top-of-that-but-i/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [You can't really take it for granted that people listen to your music. I want to write songs that are on par, at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/you-can-t-really-take-it-for-granted-that-people-listen-to-your-music/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [I've never set out to do anything other than get better at guitar and record and have fun. I feel like the Jazzmaster's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-ve-never-set-out-to-do-anything-other-than-get-better-at-guitar-and/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [All those crazy Impressionist painters in France were friends but they would write about how jealous and competitive they were. That's what makes good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/all-those-crazy-impressionist-painters-in-france-were-friends-but/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [I ended up renting a studio in L.A. for about 15 months. Starting in January of 2016, some of the guys in the band…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-ended-up-renting-a-studio-in-l-a-for-about-15-months-starting-in/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [There's a lot of older musicians who say your whole life making music, you're really trying to get back to that first couple of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/there-s-a-lot-of-older-musicians-who-say-your-whole-life-making-music/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [I love when people will say, "Oh, my songs are my children." I understand that, but I'm also not afraid to kill my kids.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/i-love-when-people-will-say-oh-my-songs-are-my-children-i-understand/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [Everyone hears a song a different way and hears timing a different way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/everyone-hears-a-song-a-different-way-and-hears-timing-a-different-way/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) > [In the past, we never really had that kind of spontaneity on record. When you start touring, you play songs in a certain way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/in-the-past-we-never-really-had-that-kind-of-spontaneity-on-record/) [Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/adam-granduciel/#itemlist", "name": "10 Band Quotes By Adam Granduciel", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The ability to work every day was a big part of L.A.'s effect on my process and the band coming out from Philly once a month.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adam Granduciel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/the-ability-to-work-every-day-was-a-big-part-of-l-a-s-effect-on-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/adam-granduciel-8971_band_the-ability-to-work-every-day-was-a-big_1483976.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/adam-granduciel-8971_band_the-ability-to-work-every-day-was-a-big_1483976.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/adam-granduciel-8971_band_the-ability-to-work-every-day-was-a-big_1483976.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The ability to work every day was a big part of L.A.'s effect on my process and the band coming out from…” — Adam Granduciel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm really picky about stuff like videos or even pictures of the band, but at the same time, I don't really know what it is I want; 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