Michael Schenker Quotes

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• I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I dont just play mechanically. I…
• If you are a musician and you dont show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you…
• I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before…
• The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.
• It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos.
• Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I…
• Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I…
• If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out.
• I believe that every person has uniqueness - something that nobody else has.
• I love to be creative.
• I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the…
• In order to get somewhere in life, you need to have a vision. The vision brings you to the table. Without a vision, you just…
• I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I…
• I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.
• I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things.
• If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and you cover…
• If you copy then it is not self-expression.
• The music is a personal expression, like art. It is something that you like doing that comes from within, and is an expression that comes…
• When you are live you never know what is going to happen.
• Depression is something that makes you lose your sight.

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