I never wanted to be a solo artist. I always wanted to be in a band. — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
That awkward moment... when you say that awkward moment, when its not an actual awkward moment — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
That moment you wish there was another hour in class just so you could get more sleep — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Keeping a band together is more work than anybody will ever tell you. — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
She either smiled at me cause my hair was fucked up or cause my pants where pink — Mike Campbell Hair Copy Share Image
There are songs that do get lost along the way, but as soon as you pull them out it all comes back… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
No other sport works harder than wrestling -2nd year varsity wrestler — Mike Campbell Sport Copy Share Image
Only 3 subscribers I feel lonley please subcribe, ill subscribe back — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
I just woke up the other day and realized that I have been collecting guitars and amps my whole life and I… — Mike Campbell Day Copy Share Image
Youre right, I do write a lot. In some ways, staying home and not being able to tour was kind of normal… — Mike Campbell Home Copy Share Image
But if you have something special, a bunch of guys who play well together, and a brilliant singer and writer who's truly… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
I think I've improved in the finesse and the tone and compositional skills. But I think I basically still kind of play… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
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 Depth Copy Share Image
Im a product of my influences, and those are the 60s. All analog. I loved the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
The first time I saw Tom Petty, he was playing in a band called Mudcrutch with Tom Leadon. They were in a… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
I grew up in the 60s, and before the 60s, my father was into Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, so I heard… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Because we recorded in the studio, basically live, when we went to rehearse, we kind of already knew how to play the… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Electric Gypsy' was really raw. I was literally sketching out the lyrics as they walked in the door. I jumped up and… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
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 Character Copy Share Image
I like songs that can be dark or threatening or dangerous, but its a better song if you can keep that and… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
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 Day Copy Share Image
If you're really careful to keep the monitors not too loud, if you're lucky, you get a little bit of nice bleed… — Mike Campbell Drums Copy Share Image
There are places in the Knobs where well just make stuff up at the end of a song. Maybe we wont end… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
The album format is what we grew up on. Its what we aspired to when we were first discovering music - its… — Mike Campbell Album Copy Share Image
But in the back of my mind I always thought, Someday, if the Heartbreakers wind down, Ill focus on the Dirty Knobs. — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
I never really composed guitar solos. Id usually ask to run the tapes and Id go off the top of my head… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
I think that the future of the world isn't something you can ignore. — Mike Campbell Future Copy Share Image
Generally, I wouldnt spend a lot of time on a solo. Id try to catch something out of the air spontaneously. — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
When I'm drunk I tell the cops the fires lit themselves I swear it, they seem to never beileve me though — Mike Campbell Drunk Copy Share Image
Damn, jesus was a real og he knew how to party they were all out of alchohal so he turned water into… — Mike Campbell Jesus Copy Share Image
Almost every time, if the vocal is really good, the band is almost always good too. — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Are you a lover or a fighter. Honestly I can say I'm both cause I chose to fight for both. — Mike Campbell Fight Copy Share Image
I tell people to listen really closely to the song when they're working out their guitar parts. — Mike Campbell Guitar Copy Share Image