Kevin Morby Quotes

It's time to start really writing some stuff, and I really wanted to write some stuff in the vein of the original Misfits, and this was really the first step in that direction.

My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies.

We definitely were a punk band. When we got in with our producer, Richard Gottehrer, he slowed everything down so that you could actually hear what Belinda was singing.

Musically, I'm always inspired by the legends like Barbra Streisand.

The Clash were a major influence on my own music. They were the best rock 'n' roll band. Thanks, Joe.

I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.

I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that.

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music.

Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.

I like Patti Smith's lyrics, and sometimes think I could be influenced by them. But she has a kind of cool that's beyond me.

Everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations.

I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all.

I was just a punk-rock kid who never played acoustic guitar.

Anyone who takes the craft of songwriting seriously I radiate towards. Spending time with Daryl Hall was a dream come true. I picked his brain a lot because Hall And Oats is timeless.

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still, to this day, I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.

I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it.

Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.

I couldn't imagine a list of 10 records that didn't contain a punk record - that didn't contain a Clash record.

I'm very lucky; I have a lot of knowledge. My favorite band is The Beatles, so a lot of inspiration for my music comes from them, too.

We've never been shy to admit that Metallica is a huge influence in our lives and on our music.

Before I even started listening to rap music, I was really into metal and punk.

If you don't like The Ramones, you don't like rock 'n'roll. They're like The Beach Boys without the sea.