Geoff Downes Quotes

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• We have always tried to treat every album differently and even from day one I think that each Asia album has been approached with care…
• The Buggles was much more a studio environment idea, which we never actually took on the road.
• With NOAH, you can create some stunning, yet original soundscapes. Therefore, as a performance tool, it really comes into its own because you can make…
• I think that Yes' music is kind of on its own out there, and it goes through different chapters, and that involves different people. I…
• I think when you follow a band, you're following a - and I don't like to use the term 'brand,' but you are following a…
• I've always been fascinated with the juxtaposition of technology in music, not only in recording, but in the keyboard. It's amazing the way you can…
• Now with Pro Tools, you can play with layers and 100s and 100s of tracks. When we used to do it back in the day,…
• Styx has their own style of music, and I think that's justifiable, the same way that Asia and Yes have had - Yes particularly has…
• To some degree. I think that I've always been very much of a chordal person. The chords are the foundation of everything. Some of Yes'…
• Ironically I think this is what sparked my interest in and passion for the NOAH, which is capable of creating all these old weird and…
• Just the actual physics of putting it all together, you know, the latter period is actually quite fragmented in terms of the licenses and all…
• Still, we view that old material very much like we view the new material so if this gives us a chance to go out and…
• Well, I think that it is complicated in that the first four albums were all with Universal so they have the rights to that and…

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