Band Quote by Billy Corgan

I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song,…

— Jeff Lynne

When I started, they told me I only needed 3 chords and the truth... It turned out I could manage with 2 and some vague ideas.

— Joe Strummer

To be honest, I don't have a particular recipe, but I normally start with the chord progression and then I build it from there.…

— Tom Misch

I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes, and a…

— David Byrne

I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make…

— Billy Corgan

I am just the band leader, and I just keep everything in tune.

— Wong Kar-wai

My idea for our band is to be influenced by something different for every album. So it's almost like making a new band with…

— Dylan Baldi

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band.…

— Matt Cameron

I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be.

— Davey Havok

I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo…

— Don Ellis

I knew if I wanted to improvise over chord changes, I'd have to figure out all the scales that went with all those chords.

— Allan Holdsworth

... I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned before hand ... you've got to give…

— Keith Richards