Jack Irons Quotes

I really want to put the emphasis on creating music. I want to cut a record. I want to start going on tour.

I often think about starting a band again, doing my solo stuff and a band. I grew up in bands.

My only real hobby is playing music. I write a lot of music on guitar and keyboards and hope one day to make a record or maybe even write the score for a film.

The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

I have started to record some demos so hopefully in the near future I can play live.

Right now, I'm thinking in terms of just having a good band, man. Having a good act for the stage. Being a good performer, you know? Connected to that is future recordings, and future tunes, that kind of stuff.

You're in a band 24 hours a day.

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

I'm always forming bands.

I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.

I'm in a band, I sing live.

I just like to do covers, every once in a while. If someone pays me to go into the studio, I'll do it.

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat.

We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance.

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.