My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud;… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
It seemed so wimpy at first when I started to play [guitar]. So I started playing loud with lots of effects just… — J Mascis Copy Share Image
To some extent at that time, we injected rock and roll into that scene- we played loud and that was a huge… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
In Liverpool we'd only done one-hour sessions. In Hamburg we had to play for eight hours. We played very loud, bang, bang,… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
![“It seemed so wimpy at first when I started to play [guitar]. So I started playing loud with lots of effects just to try to mimic the dynamic [of the drums]. Drums seemed a lot more expressive. [I was] Trying to emulate the feeling of playing the drums on the guitar - I guess that's why I played it…” quote by J Mascis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2f0/j-mascis-27113_effects_it-seemed-so-wimpy-at-first-when-i-start_73329.jpg)
