Jim Root Quotes

I'm going to keep evolving and evolving and showing people that progression is key when it comes to music.

I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else.

I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.

You have to grow with the music.

I always feel I have a long way to go in my playing and my music.

Music needs to move forward.

We'll see some simplistic players for a while, who'll then get into more complicated things and evolve with their instruments. This is a cycle that happens over and over again in music.

To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.

I like it when songs develop in some way. Four minutes usually isn't enough time for something to develop musically.

When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion, folk music had come to an end and I felt he needed to go to the next step, the next generation.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?

There's been a progression in my sound.

As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.

I'm just expanding my sound and making it bigger.

You never stop trying to make progress as a musician.

Music is a continuous process. You evolve with every song.

I think the music that I'm writing and the stuff I'm going to do as I age will age.

My music's matured so much, I don't have to create any barriers.

Pushing yourself and digging into something new, that's what being a musician is all about.

I started out in rock, but I didn't want to stay there, and haven't.

Music is constantly developing and changing.

My playground as a musician is growing.

Music is progressive, you get out, you experiment with new people and you grow.

All my albums are evolutions, one on top of the other.