Yngwie Malmsteen Quotes

I have a love of baseball and a love of music.

My generation is under-entertained.

I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldn't dignify it with the term band - get together and play.

I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun.

Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. No institutions are providing them with alternatives, fun things to do that don't necessarily have alcohol at the center.

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself.

I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.

That's pretty much all I do - skate, surf, and jam.

When I have downtime, music is a big part of my life. Not so much singing, but I play the guitar.

Every time I tour, I find a pro - I go to the local tennis center in that country, wherever it is and I play.

One of my big passions in the offseason, or just when I get time off in general, is playing music, and I've been fortunate to be around people who are a lot more talented than I am.

But there's so much to do: cigarettes to smoke, sex to have, swings to swing on.

I didn't want to spent a lot of close time with someone who believed that fun is a bourgeois indulgence.

I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

The one thing I worry about with that is whether or not we're edgy enough for the young kids. You know, does a 20-year-old like the fact that he can play it for his dad? Is that cool?

No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.

I have hobbies. I do all sorts of ridiculous things.

I think hip-hop has definitely brought the black experience to white kids more than the civil rights movement did and more than any teacher's well-intentioned lecture on Martin Luther King did.

Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear

I really don't think that Detroit was any different than New York of Boston or Philadelphia. Kids always wanted to listen to music outside because that's where they hung out with their friends.

I play music - I write my own music, but I play music, just background music really, and just let it happen.

I was disappointed in Coop. He hated being bored and so did I. He was always looking for different things to do and coming up with new adventures that kept us moving. That was his job. Trolling for girls at the beach was okay by me, but I didn't want it to be our sole focus. Besides, the girls I liked had more interesting things to do than spend every waking moment sitting around at the beach comparing tans.

"I guess I'm okay with that. But it's not going to be easy for you. They don't have a lot of fishing or mudding around here." "I figured." "And not a lot of beach volleyball, either. Especially in January." "I guess I'll have to make some sacrifices." "Maybe if you're lucky, we can find you some other ways to occupy your time."

Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well-being as the more serious pursuits of life.