The problem is that the internet IS some kid in a basement with an opinion. The fact that David Bowie and Elton John told me that they were fans of Helmet - or Neil Young - that means something to… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I loved The Monkees, The Beatles, The Eagles, and America. — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
The problem is that the internet IS some kid in a basement with an opinion. The fact that David Bowie and Elton John told… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
We did a really cool video for this song [Milquetoast] with Alex Winter from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure fame. He's an extremely intelligent… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
We've played it [Milquetoast] a million times. When you play a song that much you sort of become disconnected with the lyrics. It's just… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
To me, music and songwriting is... part of the intriguing thing is the creative process; you know, the creative thought process. Relying on that...… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
. I did an interview earlier and somebody asked me if I [knew I] was onto something back when I was first writing. I… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
People keep asking me if recently performing the Betty album will influence the song-writing and I think it might. There's songs on that record… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
We went to South America on a trip and all I had was a Robert Johnson album. So that's a definite influence on the… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I loved The… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
Later after college I discovered Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, and those kind of bands. My tastes have changed but I still carry a lot… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
Whenever I work on the computer, I have folders and you know how you always give everything working titles, if you have a riff… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
People are always going to have favorite albums or songs and you know that's more the listener's personal bias than basing it on anything… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
![“We did a really cool video for this song [Milquetoast] with Alex Winter from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure fame. He's an extremely intelligent guy. Butch Vig also did a mix for The Crow movie.” quote by Page Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/416/page-hamilton-38715_adventure_we-did-a-really-cool-video-for-this-song_214333.jpg)
![“We've played it [Milquetoast] a million times. When you play a song that much you sort of become disconnected with the lyrics. It's just another song essentially about people's opinions and being told how to live your life even though they may have less life experience than you have.” quote by Page Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ac/page-hamilton-38715_disconnected_we-ve-played-it-milquetoast-a-million-ti_567342.jpg)
![“. I did an interview earlier and somebody asked me if I [knew I] was onto something back when I was first writing. I said, "Yeah. I always thought I was good." We're not the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or AC/DC. But Helmet always sounded like Helmet, and we sort of developed our own sound. There's a…” quote by Page Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/422/page-hamilton-38715_back-when_i-did-an-interview-earlier-and-somebody_690147.jpg)
![“We went to South America on a trip and all I had was a Robert Johnson album. So that's a definite influence on the album. My bandmates John [Stanier, drummer] and Henry [Bogdan, bassist] were interested in expanding their roles as writers, so that had a positive impact on the record.” quote by Page Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ccd/page-hamilton-38715_albums_we-went-to-south-america-on-a-trip-and-a_1667032.jpg)
