Cedric Bixler-Zavala Quotes

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

We were the best of friends. We monkeyed around recording sketches and jingles in George's bedroom. On November 5, 1979, I phoned George and said 'It's now or never.' Then we formed our first band.

When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically.

No matter what I do, I've always recognized that Deep Purple is primarily an instrumental band. That's where all the music comes from in rehearsals - it all stems from the music.

I put some songs on the Internet back in 2009 - that's kind of how everything started with Washed Out. I had never really planned on being in a band or anything like that. It was kind of a hobby I did on my own, just recording music.

Premier came into the picture when were starting to make our own beats and all that.

I got FL studios; I looked up how to make beats and how to record myself, and then I just started making music from there.

I started making beats in high school.

People are making their own records in their houses. It's an exciting time.

I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I've been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world.

I started writing music around 20 years old.

The reason I wanted to play guitar was because I saw Buddy Holly and then our own homegrown Shadows on TV in 1957 or '58. I wanted to learn to play guitar so I could do what they did and be in a band.

You know, I write songs, I repair guitars.

That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters.

I started EWF because I had a vision, and music was playing in my head that I wanted to bring through. What I had in mind was exactly what Earth, Wind & Fire became.

We started off as a garage band who played a lot of rock 'n' roll.

When I was in middle school, that's when I first started making beats. I was maybe 14, 16, something like that.

When I was about 15 I had already been recording on my four track in my room, but I couldn't find anyone in my town to be in a band with me. I was in a band very briefly with a bunch of guys and they kicked me out because they wanted to play grindcore. I think they didn't think I could tread hard enough or something. So I started playing solo.

When we started the band, it was a classical group.

I formed my first band when I was going to Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles.

I made, like, five records as Dirty Projectors before I got out of college. And then I put a band together when I got interested in going on tour around that time.

There would be no Static-X if I didn't write all the songs.

I write songs, I play a guitar and that's it.

I started when I was really young. I was playing with my dad when I was 8 or 9, and I started playing shows then. I had a short stint in a DIY all-girl punk cover band.

I started playing guitar when I was 14.