Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica.

Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.

Australia is so entrenched in rock n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.

I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd.

I've always loved records, even when I was a kid, my parents would buy me records instead of a lot of the other toys kids got. That's what I wanted. I've been collecting records and DJing my whole life, and I thank my parents for that. They had a big record collection and really imparted the magic of it on me.

Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tape collection. I think my dad even had a couple of laser discs, but that was a short-lived thing.

For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16, and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that.

Any chance I get to see a band that I like, I take it.

One of my favorite things to do is sit around and listen to old records... You're forced to listen to the whole thing. And it's so cool digging through the bins trying to find them. I get giddy about records.

My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.

I love watching live shows from different artists from different stages of their lives. I'm always interested in the mastery of the live performance.

There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.

One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it.

I collect vintage vinyl records.

The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll.

Most of my friends are from the music scene.

At heart I've always been a music fan. That part of me has never changed since I was a little kid, sitting in a room watching a record go round, looking at the colour of the labels.

I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.

No one's playing records anymore, so find your favorite and frame it, then get rid of the rest - try selling or donating them.

Festivals are great because you get to just walk around the corner and see a new band that you've heard but not had the chance to check out.

I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when I was growing up.

There's so much music going on in New Orleans.

I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV, we didn't have television.

There is nothing else to do in Nashville except for write songs.

The Austin music scene is the reason why so many of them moved here.