Tom Petty
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CAT POWER ELTON JOHN SERJ TANKIAN If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs,... ZAKK WYLDE Like, when I write a song, the song comes first before production. Everything is written on an acous... TAYLOR MOMSEN STEVIE NICKS KIP WINGER A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar ... BARRY MANN ALEX LIFESON When Marty Short and I get together, I sit down at the piano and play the score of 'Godspell.... PAUL SHAFFER You wouldn't expect a cattle dealer to sit down at a grand piano and play it beautifully. That&#... DEIRDRE O'KANE DANIEL EK PAUL MCCARTNEY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES BONNIE RAITT EDDIE VAN HALEN I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors. MIKE FIGGIS VANESSA CARLTON CHRISTOPHER WALKEN KINA GRANNIS CHRIS MARTIN I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percu... JACKIE DESHANNON PETE TOWNSHEND But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and j... DWEEZIL ZAPPA DAVID GILMOUR MACKLEMORE JEREMY RENNER BLAKE LIVELY GAVIN DEGRAW I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be s... LORRIE MOORE With the a cappella groups, every voice is like one string on a guitar, one note on the piano, or on... BEN FOLDS BUDDY RICH DAVID GILMOUR PAUL MCCARTNEY RINGO STARR I've played guitar and piano for a while, so it's really fun to play music on film. AUSTIN BUTLER Sometimes I'll write without the guitar or the piano, but most of the time I'll be playing a... JOHN DARNIELLE The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't ha... PHIL ANSELMO BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'... IAN WILLIAMS It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an i... IAN AXEL You can batter your guitar, and it won't distort too much, which is important for me because I p... JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW BRENDON URIE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN KEITH RICHARDS KEITH RICHARDS I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off. CHARLIE HADEN I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concen... CHARLIE BEWLEY We all love to sing, and when we sit down to write a song I think it kind of shows itself to us. DAVE HAYWOOD Choosing to write a play is some kind of surrender. I don't make an outline. I sit and work, and... DAVID RABE ALAN LIGHTMAN ZOOEY DESCHANEL For my 23rd birthday, I received a nylon string guitar. I told myself that if I could play Eric Clap... NEIL JACKSON If I feel like I've completely drained every ounce of energy out of me for this song, and I can&... ELLA HENDERSON The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up a... GLEN HANSARD I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playin... NADIA ALI I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes. OTIS RUSH I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them. MANDY PATINKIN TOMMY LEE In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind ... JAMES BLUNT RIHANNA A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beg... CAROLINE CORR I write my own music. By myself, on a computer, I program guitar and piano. CHRISTINA GRIMMIE TODD RUNDGREN DELTA GOODREM I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hu... ROBIN ZANDER TOM PETTY IAN MCEWAN STEVEN WRIGHT TEENA MARIE I have never been so calculating as to sing some Barry White song to get a girl. But I do think it&#... JOHN STAMOS DAVE GROHL I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broke... VAL MCDERMID DAVID L. WOLPER MATTHEW QUICK I don't sit here and dream because I don't care about the future. I wouldn't take nothin... BROWNIE MCGHEE I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar. MIKE FIGGIS LIAM GALLAGHER COREY TAYLOR When I sit down to write a song, there is no filter. I'm not trying to write for anyone or anyth... JENNY LEWIS When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a s... JENNY LEWIS I actually play piano and violin, but I don't have a passion for it. It didn't make me wake ... ELLEN HOLLMAN ZOE KAZAN BILL BRUFORD CALEB LANDRY JONES TRACY CHEVALIER To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifyin... BARRY MANILOW A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but ... BARRY MANN If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it. NAMIE AMURO
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If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song. 
When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, wh... 
Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write ou... 
I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a ... 
The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically... 
I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used ... 
I play piano and guitar. Acoustic guitar. I tried studying classical guitar when I was 16 but it got... 
When I sit down and play guitar, I melt into the instrument. I can play for hours by myself. Playing... 
I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar,... 
One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowh... 
I tend to be freer on the piano. I never took guitar lessons, so my reach exceeds my grasp - what I ... 
When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I ... 
I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano. 
When I was a kid, my parents gave me piano lessons and guitar lessons for a while, but I was never v... 
If I try to write a song, I will completely fail to write a song. But if I'm just holding my gui... 
I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo... 
A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I wr... 
It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and ... 
When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might r... 
I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratificat... 
If a guy can play Guitar Hero with me and sit at home and watch the Food Network and read magazines ... 
My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it... 
I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning. 
I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never bee... 
I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't... 
I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; ... 
I don't write demographically. I don't write a song to reach these people or those people. 
I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anyw... 
Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere. 
I still will sit down at the piano and play when I am wrestling with something emotionally or just w... 
I like to play the ukulele, but I'm not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the gu... 
I don't specifically sit down to write a Motley Crue song, so for me, that's how it works. T... 
I can't make a song for a particular person or demographic. If I love it, I'm gonna do it. I... 
'Something/Anything?' was kind of a different record, since I'm playing everything mysel... 
What resonates with me now is the acoustic guitar and piano. 
The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song toge... 
I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don&#... 
I don't go off and sit down and try to write material, because then it's contrived and force... 
I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion. 
When he comes in and listens to a song that you're asking him to play on and he turns to you and say... 
I make the money, and I don't have to take the abuse some of the stars do, opening up their pers... 
When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can w... 
I don't know what any of my songs are about. I don't sit down to write about anything. They&... 
I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock song... 
Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it ... 
If it's fast, no I don't have enough piano technique. In that case, it's probably been d... 
Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my gran... 
Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's ... 
I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy. 
The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It's the biggest jolt of adrenaline. ... 
Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier. 
Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass.... 
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning. 
This is just to get the kids ready to play. It's not about the score of the games. We want the boys ... 
The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this ... 
Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they ca... 
There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail aro... 
Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes. 
When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. ... 
I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days. 
Football is unconditional love. 
My favorite meal has always been fried chicken. 
The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience. 
Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions. 
Good things, when short, are twice as good. 
My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers. 
Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.