James Iha Quotes

32 quotes in 511 categories

• I suppose listening to a double album is kind of like going to the chiropractor... It's pretty good for you but you can't force it…
• I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account…
• Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.
• And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight…
• But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on…
• I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
• I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there.
• I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right…
• If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a…
• It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force…
• Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.
• No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've…
• So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I mean, people have…
• There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I…
• We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.
• Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.
• Well, I'm pretty domestic actually. I walk my dog. I go grocery shopping. I hang out with friends. I'm pretty normal, whatever normal is, on…
• All the bands I've played with have had dynamic front men.
• I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like strong projects, big music.
• I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.

Browse James Iha Quotes by Category