For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know? — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later. — Evan Dando Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, sometimes you find a riff that fits so comfortably, you wish it would go on forever.” — Fox Benwell Copy Share Image
I sleep music. I wake up, and there's a riff in my head. Every step I take, there's a riff, a beat,… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock. — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
I dont wanna beef but if it riff let it pop' on 'em, Dump him in the river wit the cement blocks… — Styles P Copy Share Image
When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer! — Dan Hawkins Copy Share Image
When I got into songs like 'Exist,' I was like, 'Okay, this riff has some bass sweeping in it, I'm definitely going… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
I got really hooked on this riff in the middle of this song called 'Minor Miracles' by my friend Eric Johnson from… — Jim James Copy Share Image
Songs are out there - they're waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like 'I don't… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time,… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
The first riff that I totally mastered was 'Come As You Are' by Nirvana. I remember sitting there, plunking along, I remember… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
Of all the things I've done, the first 'Strongman' story was one of the easiest things to write. It was almost fully… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
Every riff had to be perfect and heavy, collectively what we wanted it to be. If there was one person in the… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
I'm an American designer. It's important to riff on that. I remember, when my mom and I first came to the States,… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
Every cool riff has already been written by Black Sabbath. You're either playing it faster or slower or backwards, but they wrote… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
I think often times if a guitar riff is centered around the chorus or if it follows the chorus, then it often… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something. — Dimebag Darrell Copy Share Image
You really have to play with the space in a riff so it can be allowed to breathe. — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
I have this tendency to take a little bit of questionable knowledge and riff on it. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
It was Scotty Moore's guitar riff [in "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"] when he was doing The Steve… — Elton John Copy Share Image
You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Excuse me while I light my spliff, Good God I gotta take a lift, From reality I just cant drift, That's why… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
If you have a good riff with a vocal as well, then it becomes a devastating song. That's why people love riff-rock:… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
You can have the best riff in the world, but if the drums behind it just ain't vibing it, it's not gonna… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff raff is around. Then… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
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