Michael Giacchino Quotes

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

Is it racist to prefer country music over the blues? Or is it simply a classic case of tribal antipathy toward the unfamiliar, in favor of gravitating to what you know?

I like rock & roll, and I don't like much else.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.

I never liked blues and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.

I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it's not their cup of tea, it's not their kind of album, that's fine by me.

I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.

There was a period of time where I really hated rock music.

As soon as I got into country music, it was like hook, line and sinker. I was so focused on country, I ended up leaving all those '80s hair-band CDs behind - which now I still wish I had, but I was done with it.

I didn't like progressive jazz or anything. Rock was something I like to listen to.

Everybody is always raving about the Rolling Stones, saying, 'The Stones this, and the Stones that.' I've never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department.

I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain preference too, be honest.

My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.

My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And he never, ever liked rock and roll. He just liked me.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

I wasn't into pop music, even at a really young age.

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.

Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of musical genres that I find interesting, but they don't suit me. It's one thing to listen to different genres, but to perform a genre that isn't yours is counterproductive.

I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.