Song Quotes by Mike Campbell

Keeping a band together is more work than anybody will ever tell you.

— Mike Campbell

There are songs that do get lost along the way, but as soon as you pull them out it all comes back…

— Mike Campbell

I love AC/ DC and I love Led Zeppelin and I love guitar riffs.

— Mike Campbell

Almost every time, if the vocal is really good, the band is almost always good too.

— Mike Campbell

I tell people to listen really closely to the song when they're working out their guitar parts.

— Mike Campbell

I have about 10 or 12 guitars, some of which are in non-standard tunings. Mostly I play a clone of my 59…

— Mike Campbell

Sometimes when you start writing a song, you dont know where theyre going to lead you. You just kind of follow the…

— Mike Campbell

Songwriting is such a mysterious thing. Its a magical channel thats a gift to you and you cant really conjure it up…

— Mike Campbell

The first time I saw Tom Petty, he was playing in a band called Mudcrutch with Tom Leadon. They were in a…

— Mike Campbell

Im a product of my influences, and those are the 60s. All analog. I loved the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the…

— Mike Campbell

My amp setup is the same that Ive had for years. Its a Fender Princeton side-by-side with a Fender Tweed Deluxe. Thats…

— Mike Campbell

My very first guitar was pretty much unplayable. I was 14 or something. My mom went to a pawn shop and got…

— Mike Campbell

When I go see AC/DC, if they dont play 'Back in Black' Im gonna think, 'Well, that was good, but man, I…

— Mike Campbell

If I had to pick one guitar to take to a desert island, I'd pick my '67 Rickenbacker 12-string, which I bought…

— Mike Campbell

Its hard to explain if youve never done it, but youve got five guys in the studio, and youve got high expectations.…

— Mike Campbell

Listen to the melody and the feel of the singer, and try to get inside the character of the guy who's singing…

— Mike Campbell

I like songs that can be dark or threatening or dangerous, but its a better song if you can keep that and…

— Mike Campbell

Electric Gypsy' was really raw. I was literally sketching out the lyrics as they walked in the door. I jumped up and…

— Mike Campbell

The album format is what we grew up on. Its what we aspired to when we were first discovering music - its…

— Mike Campbell

I try to get into a headspace where I pretend like this is the first time Im ever hearing this song, and…

— Mike Campbell