--- title: "7 Listen Quotes By Tom Scholz" description: "7 Listen quotes by Tom Scholz. Plus more from Tom Scholz and more Listen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/tom-scholz-11209_appreciation_i-m-going-to-say-this-as-an-ethereal-eff_287831.jpg" --- > [I'm going to say this as an ethereal effect, not something that people are necessarily aware of while it's happening, but my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-m-going-to-say-this-as-an-ethereal-effect-not-something-that-people/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/tom-scholz-11209_appreciation_i-m-going-to-say-this-as-an-ethereal-eff_287831.jpg) > [Analog sounds so much better. I frankly can't listen to digital audio for more than a few hours without really starting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/analog-sounds-so-much-better-i-frankly-can-t-listen-to-digital-audio/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/tom-scholz-11209_after_analog-sounds-so-much-better-i-frankly-c_1121114.png) > [If you listen to my tapes, you'd hear 14 different ways to arrange the rhythm guitar behind the harmony vocal, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/if-you-listen-to-my-tapes-you-d-hear-14-different-ways-to-arrange-the/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/tom-scholz-11209_arrange_if-you-listen-to-my-tapes-you-d-hear-14_1468900.png) > [I can sit down at a piano or with a guitar and just chug away for hours and be perfectly content with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-can-sit-down-at-a-piano-or-with-a-guitar-and-just-chug-away-for/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/tom-scholz-11209_away_i-can-sit-down-at-a-piano-or-with-a-guit_1517997.jpg) > [I don't listen to the radio in the car, and I do that because I don't want to be influenced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-don-t-listen-to-the-radio-in-the-car-and-i-do-that-because-i-don-t/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/tom-scholz-11209_because_i-don-t-listen-to-the-radio-in-the-car-a_1620328.png) > [The pressure is all self-imposed, and it's to live up to the expectations of people who are going to shell out their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/the-pressure-is-all-self-imposed-and-it-s-to-live-up-to-the/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/tom-scholz-11209_actually_the-pressure-is-all-self-imposed-and-it_2629087.png) > [The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/the-lyrics-are-always-the-last-thing-i-do-i-always-have-a-recording/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/tom-scholz-11209_always_the-lyrics-are-always-the-last-thing-i-d_2736029.png) ## Other authors on Listen ## More by Tom Scholz > [We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/we-need-a-free-media-not-just-freedom-of-speech/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I don't like the idea of having to reproduce a recorded song live that I sing. I have enough to do on stage. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-don-t-like-the-idea-of-having-to-reproduce-a-recorded-song-live/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/virtually-every-magazine-newspaper-tv-station-and-cable-channel-is/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I'm certainly aware of the fans. I'm always hoping that what I'm doing is something they'll like, because I do appreciate them. But, no,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-m-certainly-aware-of-the-fans-i-m-always-hoping-that-what-i-m-doing/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I'm a total rink rat. I can do the toe loop, the lutz, a flip, and the Scholz. That's one I invented. It's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-m-a-total-rink-rat-i-can-do-the-toe-loop-the-lutz-a-flip-and-the/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-don-t-work-out-a-lead-section-and-practice-it-for-a-day-and-then/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I'm going to say this as an ethereal effect, not something that people are necessarily aware of while it's happening, but my theory is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-m-going-to-say-this-as-an-ethereal-effect-not-something-that-people/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [Music is an escape for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/music-is-an-escape-for-me/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I played in a couple of really crummy bands, including one in the dorm I was in at MIT, for a year or two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-played-in-a-couple-of-really-crummy-bands-including-one-in-the-dorm/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I didn't touch a guitar until I was 20.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-didn-t-touch-a-guitar-until-i-was-20/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/the-public-has-been-sold-a-bill-of-goods-about-the-free-market-being/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I'm never too ambitious when I go into the studio. I always know that I'm just going into the studio to work on or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-m-never-too-ambitious-when-i-go-into-the-studio-i-always-know-that/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [If things aren't going well, music is what I turn to so I can get away from it, to take my mind somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/if-things-aren-t-going-well-music-is-what-i-turn-to-so-i-can-get-away/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [I was a fixer, a builder - an inventor - ever since I can remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/i-was-a-fixer-a-builder-an-inventor-ever-since-i-can-remember/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) > [There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/there-aren-t-a-lot-of-cover-bands-that-do-boston-material-or-do-it/) [Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listen/tom-scholz/#itemlist", "name": "7 Listen Quotes By Tom Scholz", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm going to say this as an ethereal effect, not something that people are necessarily aware of while it's happening, but my theory is that the proliferation of MP3 files have really diminished people's appreciation of music. 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