A lot of people at my school could play the "Stairway to Heaven" guitar solo, but they couldn't play three chords of a Ramones song if their life depended on it because they didn't have the strength or ability to… — Kevin Shields Copy Share Image
The corporate system is fully psychopathic, and any creative people who enter into business with any of these organizations come up against a lifetime… — Kevin Shields Copy Share
I wasn't making music for the sake of music but rather making music in the context of other music. At the same time, it… — Kevin Shields Copy Share
You wind up listening to one song that you really like 30 times on YouTube and then you're done with it. That's the way… — Kevin Shields Copy Share
I love when things bend out of shape. That's why I love drum and bass music. — Kevin Shields Copy Share
We've had incredibly huge obstacles in our way - no tapes, no royalties, no cooperation on any level - and we sort it out. — Kevin Shields Copy Share
I don't have a role model, but I certainly have always enjoyed Neil Young. I had the great pleasure and opportunity to watch him… — Kevin Shields Copy Share
As I get older, I realize a lot of the things I could have done - things that I didn't think were so great… — Kevin Shields Copy Share
I do need to loosen up a bit, and that usually does come with old age. That's the intention. — Kevin Shields Copy Share
I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general. — Kevin Shields Copy Share
When I was a teenager, I learned that in order to play guitar like Johnny Ramone, it takes a huge amount of physical effort. — Kevin Shields Copy Share
When I'm listening to stuff on the computer or through a horrible little speaker on my phone, and then I hear the real version… — Kevin Shields Copy Share
The very nature of limiting something from an infinite to moments in time creates distortion; analog recording methods create all kinds of distortion, they're… — Kevin Shields Copy Share
I had the time to take the original analog tapes and fix all the things I didn't like, so all I left was essentially… — Kevin Shields Copy Share
Skepticism is only a time-based reality, and as an ultimate reality, it's always wrong, because everything always happens. — Kevin Shields Copy Share
