Elias Quotes

When I was in a band after high school and in college, I didn't even play the guitar. I played the bass because I couldn't play lead, and I didn't have the gear.

I've been doing music for the longest time.

Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to play music in a lot of films that I've done.

My playing music is strictly for fun. When I was in a band, I was really excited to talk about it since I had never really played music to that extent. It was never meant as something I would consider as anything more than having fun with my friends. But I think I would enjoy writing music for the movies that I'm working on.

I write music. I'm in a band.

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.

I'm always doing something musically - when I'm working or when I'm off.

I'd like to do something that involves music.

Everything I do is music-related.

I'm involved in all things musical. It's all consuming, even if it doesn't necessarily manifest as a record or a concert.

I always wanted to be in bands.

Recording 'Ten,' we probably did 'Even Flow' 30 times.

I'm not a 'practicing' musician anymore. I played bass and guitar. I still pick up a guitar around the house every once in awhile.

I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time; I was in a cover band, a jazz band, a blues band. I was in a gospel choir.

I care about writing music and playing my music.

I would be involved with music whether I had a career or not. I'm always going to be writing songs and recording them.

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always.

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

So now, thirty years, forty years later, I mean, I could find a whole orchestra of a thousand to put these things together in New York City alone. In those days, if I could scrape up twenty musicians to do this it was something extraordinary.

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

I play a bunch of instruments.

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do.

For the most part, I like to record music as I write it.

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.

I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.