Brian Acton Quotes

I really believe in melody.

So in one sense you don't have the classic keyboard player in Yes.

I love 'Dogman' by King's X and Living Colour's 'Stain.'

Man, that first Leppard album really jams, and their original guitarist, Pete Willis, was a great player.

I'm such a huge fan of Steve Howe, I worship him.

I like 'Discipline.' That's my favorite King Crimson album.

When it comes to songs and music, yeah, people love to sing and dance and play music and tunes, and that stream of consciousness that exists in music, nobody knows where that comes from.

Our writer would play the piano and then come up with songs on the spot that included all of us. It was so fun!

There's a song", I say. "There's always a song", he says.

With my solo music, I really try to step out of the box and do stuff I don't get to do with the boys. I wanted it to be fun, rock-infused and try some new things while going back to my roots. "All American" the song is one of my favorites from the album, which is why I chose to title the album after it. To me, it's the perfect song to represent the feel of the album.

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.

Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass.

I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to do.

The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe a simple song for thinking hearts.

I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music.

The orchestra's an amazing instrument, but I don't want to just arrange my songs for it. I think that might be kind of boring and a little bit overdramatic, perhaps. I'm still just having too much fun doing it my way, for the time being.

A song has to be hummable and memorable at it simplest form, and that's what bass does for me. I feel like the glue to everything.

Rock and roll is about having a good time.

Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I'll watch Brittany's Toxic music video all day. But there's a difference between that and listening to Leo Kottke play guitar. One is entertainment. The other is Music.

Shut Up and Play your Guitar.

The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it.

Sometimes, when you do the music for a play, there are very clear boundaries as to what needs to be achieved. You're very much a little cog in a much bigger machine.

My job is to write songs that have emotional meaning to me.

Chimes?" Phyllis asked. "Chimes to call a lover? Chimes with the voice of a bird trapped in them? Chimes that play you whatever song you most desire to hear?" "No thanks," said Nick. "We've got MTV.

I love the Beatles. I haven't named any kids after them but I still really love them. They were the first group that I was ever properly aware of. In my early teens I would sometimes stay in and listen to the radio all day in the hope that I would catch a song by them that I'd never heard before and be able to tape it on my radio-cassette player.