Jackie DeShannon Quotes

I was a drummer and I played the guitar.

I actually played guitar before I played drums. And I always play guitar on the Slipknot albums as well, as well as being responsible for a lot of the songwriting.

Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers.

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.

We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song.

The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room anyway. Thank goodness. But I've always contributed guitar parts to every band I've ever been in, so I'll always play the axe.

A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.

Music. It's all creativity right here, right now.

I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to play in a song or be in a song and have a positive impact on a song.

I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.

I love to play guitar. I've been writing my own songs on the axe since I was nine years old. I suck at leads.

Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.

I know a few chords on the guitar, but I wouldn't be able do a show or even be part of a jam session with one.

For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.

I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

I play guitar all the time, and I'm constantly thinking of songs... Every time I pick up a guitar, I come up with different riffs, all different bands I've been in. Sometimes there is a song or riff that could only belong with Slipknot, and I just can't use it for anything else, regardless of whatever happened.

I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me.

I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately - a song - and once I start, I have to finish it.

When we recorded 'Iowa,' we jammed, we went through the songs, we played as a band and we recorded as a band.

I'm constantly working on music.

I would love to sit down and do only the ukulele with a very small crowd. I would also like to sing the super poppy songs and all the background stuff. I think both would be an interesting path.