Band Quote by John Gourley Download Open image “I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.” — John Gourley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Band Being Music Music making Room Writing Writing music
I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
When it comes to actually writing, I like to write in a full room with the amps blasting, and a big drum set. — Slash Copy Share Image
The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise. — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that… — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write. — Kris Allen Copy Share Image
I feel like writing music is a great chance to create something that extends beyond yourself. — Thomston Copy Share Image
Writing music is really personal, and it's a really exciting thing to participate in because represents the full creative process: It feels like something… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
As an artist, you can't expect a producer to just bring you a record. If you walk in and say, 'I want Kanye West's… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
We went to Japan and stayed an extra day just to go shopping. New York is one of those places where we never get… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
We tour, we do the distance from friends and family, not really knowing how to connect with people on the same level. I've understood… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
Some New York bands you'll see rocking Ones or Dunks and things like that, but it is weird that the sneakerhead thing has become… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
It's silly to me to not be positive about rock advancing and growing. Really, we just want rock n' roll to be mainstream. — John Gourley Copy Share Image
I like work, I like song writing, and I like the history of Atlantic Records. They've sat in the studio with so many artists… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
We're just nerds that play music. Because we get played on the radio and have a Vitaminwater ad with Aaron Paul dancing on a… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
There's something about Detroit, man: there's a serious vibe there. It could be that blue-collar, working-class-mentality person who lives out there. There's just something… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
I bought a book with guitar tabs and forced myself to learn. I would go to school and then come home and sit in… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency,… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share Image
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands? — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There is more to me than just having been in the Runaways. And even though I'm really, really proud of what the band accomplished,… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
