Billy Gibbons Quotes

Our band has always been really big on imagery. We've kind of used that as one of our strengths; we tend to do that pretty well.

I do think image is important in a band, because when I go see a show, I want to see a show; I don't want to just listen to the music.

I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it's kind of like that's never really been my bag. Probably because I'm too shy.

I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound.

I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.

People confuse 'pretty' with good cinematography.

Keith Moon is not interested in jazz and won't ever be a jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at.

Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.

We'd be nowhere without our looks.

The music alone wasn't enough. It was great, but when an artist had an amazing look - like the MC5, or the Stooges, or Alice Cooper - you really got sucked in. The wardrobe was so important. At a show, you were engrossed in the music, but you were also engrossed in everything from the haircuts to what they were wearing.

My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.

But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.

Some of my favourite record and album covers and stuff have all been the singer, and they create a character, and they dress up a little bit.

What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.

I don't use sex to sell records, obviously, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel like I have to make an effort to look good when I go out onstage, to wear something pretty.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, our fans get impatient, or they just don't understand, or they miss the point. And I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing; it's just something we have to contend with.

I love telling stories with images. But I think there's more to just saying a movie is great visually.

All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.

It's far better to shoot a good picture than a good-looking picture.

My style is a part of my music. You can't be an artist and not put any thought or effort into the way you appear.

Only the picture matters. It's what goes on the screen that counts.

Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.

Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way.