Kyle Gass Quotes

I say if you can find somebody you can make music with, that's a special thing, so you should try to keep it going.

I go around the room and ask people, 'What do you think?'

Working with the Kinks, there always seemed to be some kind of automatic process at work. Ray and I had this telepathy happening for a long time, where one of us always knew what the other could do with something.

Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends and are interested in the same things, so it's natural to make music together.

A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.

Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so Wild Flag was not a sure thing, it was a 'maybe,' a 'possibility.' But after a handful of practice sessions, spread out over a period of months, I think we all realized that we could be greater than the sum of our parts.

Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.

It's always dope being able to perform with your girlfriend and get money with your girlfriend.

You have to have some connection, empathy, or chemistry with the person you're playing and playing with.

Comedy can't be done in a vacuum, and you can't do it on your own. So if you have a community of people, it's a great symbiotic relationship.

I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it works on some level, hold on to it with both hands and don't ever let it go.

I've had the new band experience plenty of times, and sometimes, it just sort of peters out.

I've dated a few musicians in my life, and it's kind of always been that way for me. You unite through creativity and share that process and more together.

I see all the musicians in Blur with equal standing, really.

Like anything to do with trust, in any relationship it emerges and just the chemistry, vibe between two people an actor and a director. You just know whether this is someone I like to be with whose interaction with me I believe in.

Communication is the key to successful relationships.

People always want to romanticize relationships within bands. Most of these relationships are based on music first.

Life is relationships and what we're trying to do together. And please, that's what people have been singing about forever. That's what the blues is all about - the good, the bad, the fun, all of it - that lies there in between a man and a woman.

Acting is really a give-and-take; it's a dance.

If you start off writing an album with a band, the reality is that you're constantly in each other's company, so it's really important that you get on with each other.

Jason Woliner and I have been longtime friends and collaborators.

One of the things I like to do is to try to jam with everybody.

I think it's just a chemistry thing, feeling each other out. The more you play with each other, the better it's going to be.

As I had always said, it takes two people to work hard to create the chemistry.

All I want to do for the rest of my life is be with Diana 24/7. We're creative people, and we love to work together.