Song Quotes by Tim Commerford

10 Song quotes by Tim Commerford

Tim Commerford lays out ten short observations about song, each a direct window into his personal view of music. The collection is succinct, making it a handy primer for those interested in his perspective.

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Ultimately it's a blessing to be able to make music.

Tim Commerford

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We wrote many a Rage song where we'd use Soundgarden as a template.

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With Audioslave, it's all about melody and chord progressions.

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I'm a bass player and I love the bass.

Tim Commerford

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To me, music is not a stunt. Music is not a joke. I take every lick of music that I've ever played…

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I feel so lucky that I feel the music is at the forefront of Audioslave, and the songs are the most important…

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I think you still need to use music as a way to say something that's important, and I'm always gonna do that.…

Tim Commerford

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Any time people are breaking outside the norm and playing something that isn't expected - that feels like punk to me.

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I love all kinds of music and I love to play or try to play all kinds of music.

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I don't know what to say... There's always animosity when a singer leaves a band. It's like you're a football team and…

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I can't stop myself from finding information that makes me mad and writing about it.

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Guitars, there was rock 'n' roll. Saxophone, jazz. Now we have the computer and there's this electronic thing happening in music that is somewhat…

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With Audioslave, it's all about melody and chord progressions.

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With Rage, we wrote riff rock and had rap vocals, so we didn't really concern ourselves with melody for the most part.

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To me, protesting and playing music go hand in hand.

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Is punk rock really music, or is it really just an attitude? I get into that discussion with people all of the time. I…

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I love all kinds of music and I love to play or try to play all kinds of music.

Tim Commerford

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As a member of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and now Prophets of Rage I'm pretty used to coming on stage and there's a…

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I'm a bass player and I love the bass.

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The computer has always been this ominous, scary thing that came into music, for me, in the early '90s, right when I first started…

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I think you still need to use music as a way to say something that's important, and I'm always gonna do that. Always.

Tim Commerford

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