Suzuka Nakamoto Quotes

I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.

I have a repertoire of songs that I'm proud of, that I've written for my own band. When I do a cover, something that somebody else has written, I think about it very carefully before I sing that song. I have to really get behind it and understand it and like it. And that's how I pick roles. I don't want to play just anything.

I don't have favourites, I think, when you play, you have to be like a prostitute, you have to love the piece you are playing. Even if you don't like it, you have to play it as if you would like it. Then you are a good interpreter.

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.

Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.

To me, music is not a stunt. Music is not a joke. I take every lick of music that I've ever played very serious.

Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything.

Hopefully I'm bringing to rock n' roll the kind of spontaneity that I love, and always believed rock and roll stands for.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.

Music is not a game to me. I take it very seriously.

The expression of this idea is Queens of the Stone Age, but the idea is that you will never slack on the music and will always humble yourself at the alter of Rock.

Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place.

I've always been a really really big Sheryl Crow fan. I just respect what she does in a way that she just remains true to her music and sort of has just been real. She isn't trying too hard ever.

To me, the art of music is magnificent, and I cannot bear to see it treated in a shabby way.

Everybody says they were 'born to sing' but you can suss the good from the bad. You can tell who's in it for the music.

We make music that we believe in. That's all it is.

It's very important to me to stay true to who I am as a musician and the songs that I love.

I have always made music with passion, love and honesty.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

You look at Michael McDonald and people like that; I think they just tried to write music that was true to themselves. That's our bottom line. Whatever people view us as, I think as long as we try to create good music that will win out in the end.