Erik Hassle Quotes

I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want.

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.

I love to improvise when it's appropriate and encouraged by a producer.

I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.

I love music. I love every kind of extreme sort of music, and many different genres, and if I were to have to dedicate myself to just one kind of genre, I would feel kind of gypped. I'd be like, man, I wish I could do this or that. And really all it takes is trying it out.

Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in admiration. Artisanal is for cheesemakers. I don't know anything about music theory. Every time I approach my guitar, it's like the first time. There's no craft in that.

I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time.

It's nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have any pressure to almost explain it and justify why you did. I just do it because I like to have some fun.

The rule is to try and never play the same thing twice when you have the freedom to do that in the song.

I'm enjoying the hell out of playing straight. It seems to be the case with everybody. We're having a lot more fun. The energy is going into the music now, instead of all the side trips we got into in the '70s.

I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

Music is music, ultimately. If it makes you feel good, cool.

We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage.

I've never had a plan - it was just to try and get with the people you like to play with, and try to do the best you can.

I've always done very 'composed' music and worked-out solos. But sometimes it's fun not knowing where you're going.

There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play.

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it.

Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it.

With human beings it could be argued that all music-making is, in essence, grounded in improvisation.

I didn't know how to play lead guitar. There was a freedom in not knowing how to do it.

I didn't take music seriously in the beginning. It just kind of a hobby to me. It was something that I love doing for fun.

To me the bottom line is: good music is good music.

A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.

When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good as being a freak who's casually in control. You're feeling around in the dark for something that feels good.

You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.