Scott Ian Quotes

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano.

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage.

I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room anyway. Thank goodness. But I've always contributed guitar parts to every band I've ever been in, so I'll always play the axe.

I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live.

I love to play guitar. I've been writing my own songs on the axe since I was nine years old. I suck at leads.

I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage. I don't think I'll get the chance for a while.

I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.

I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much fervor. They sound good sung by me, and they especially sound good with my band.

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums.

'm not saying I would never do acting again, because I love it, but there really is nothing compared to getting up in front of people and singing your music.

For me, songwriting is really where it's at. I turn to use the guitar just to help me write the songs. That's it. As a result, my guitar playing suffers pretty horribly.

I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music.

I still love playing live, and I love doing records, but writing songs is my main thing.

We do write our own music.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

I actually played guitar before I played drums. And I always play guitar on the Slipknot albums as well, as well as being responsible for a lot of the songwriting.

I feel like once you go with a band, it's hard to go back. I just don't see myself performing without a band.

I play in a band called Hellyeah, and I really love doing it.