Always Quote by Billy Squier

The first beat that I ever made that I thought was actually worth a damn was called 'Toilet Paper Nostrils,' and I made it…

— Flying Lotus

On the records that I grew up with and loved, every song was unique - it's almost as if you had a different journey…

— Joey Jordison

Rock and roll was a revelation for me.

— Li Lu

I think I have always made really beat-driven pop-rock records.

— Mat Kearney

My first super-worn-out tapes were Michael Jackson's 'Bad' and the soundtrack to 'Dirty Dancing.' The soundtrack to 'Dirty Dancing' is actually really phenomenal.

— Autre Ne Veut

Most great records really start with the drums.

— Billy Corgan

When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really…

— Mat Kearney

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.

— Sheryl Crow

The Soft Machine's 'Volume Two' inspired me heavily. That record just feels like it was all done in the same breath. It's genius, and…

— Flying Lotus

I don't think drums had ever sounded so big until Led Zeppelin's first album.

— Jimmy Page

I try to imagine what the greatest song I could ever write would sound like, and then try to do it.

— Andrew W.K

It would be wonderful if ideas could be the new rock 'n roll

— Brian Cox