Able Quote by Slash

I haven't been walking around for years with some burning desire to do a solo record. If I had, maybe I'd have made a…

— Johnny Marr

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

— Dan Deacon

I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.

— Shirley Manson

I didn't intend to make one solo record, much less two. It's really a matter of seeing how it goes.

— Lee Ranaldo

It was definitely in my mind to do a solo album, but I didn't know it would take this long.

— Britta Phillips

As funny as it sounds, the best thing I got out of making a solo record was to realize how much I love being…

— Dave Pirner

I realized I didn't want to make another solo record and I would be happier doing something that had more of a gang feel…

— John Waite

The only reason why I made solo records was because I got so obsessed with politics, and that is quite personal. I don't really…

— Steven Van Zandt

Because we recorded in the studio, basically live, when we went to rehearse, we kind of already knew how to play the songs. But…

— Mike Campbell

The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another way and…

— Ken Hensley

... what is so important is that you play for the artist and for the record and for the song ... everything else falls…

— James Burton

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique…

— Evan Parker