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title: "1 Guitar Solo Quotes By Kevin Shields"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/a-lot-of-people-at-my-school-could-play-the-stairway-to-heaven-guitar/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

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## More by Kevin Shields

> [The corporate system is fully psychopathic, and any creative people who enter into business with any of these organizations come up against a lifetime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/the-corporate-system-is-fully-psychopathic-and-any-creative-people/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/i-wasn-t-making-music-for-the-sake-of-music-but-rather-making-music/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/you-wind-up-listening-to-one-song-that-you-really-like-30-times-on/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [I love when things bend out of shape. That's why I love drum and bass music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/i-love-when-things-bend-out-of-shape-that-s-why-i-love-drum-and-bass/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [We've had incredibly huge obstacles in our way - no tapes, no royalties, no cooperation on any level - and we sort it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/we-ve-had-incredibly-huge-obstacles-in-our-way-no-tapes-no-royalties/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/i-don-t-have-a-role-model-but-i-certainly-have-always-enjoyed-neil/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [As I get older, I realize a lot of the things I could have done - things that I didn't think were so great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/as-i-get-older-i-realize-a-lot-of-the-things-i-could-have-done-things/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [The French were always masters at mid-range. And I like the attitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/the-french-were-always-masters-at-mid-range-and-i-like-the-attitude/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [I do need to loosen up a bit, and that usually does come with old age. That's the intention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/i-do-need-to-loosen-up-a-bit-and-that-usually-does-come-with-old-age/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/i-don-t-feel-bound-by-the-ebbs-and-flows-of-musical-trends-or-what-s/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [When I was a teenager, I learned that in order to play guitar like Johnny Ramone, it takes a huge amount of physical effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/when-i-was-a-teenager-i-learned-that-in-order-to-play-guitar-like/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/when-i-m-listening-to-stuff-on-the-computer-or-through-a-horrible/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/the-very-nature-of-limiting-something-from-an-infinite-to-moments-in/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/i-had-the-time-to-take-the-original-analog-tapes-and-fix-all-the/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

> [Skepticism is only a time-based reality, and as an ultimate reality, it's always wrong, because everything always happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/skepticism-is-only-a-time-based-reality-and-as-an-ultimate-reality-it/)

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