Angus Young Quotes

It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a 'real teacher' for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano.

But, you know, all good rock is easy.

When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain arc to that that I love.

I love Bill Finn's stuff. It's so rewarding for an actor. It's conversational but intricate. He writes some beautiful, simple songs and melodies, but he also writes this cacophony for people.

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

Musical composition, about which I know little, is a complicated art, and some contemporary music may be the equivalent of a complex abstract painting.

It was important for the first piece of original music that I release to have a timeless feel because that's the type of music I want to make.

I feel like if it's a good song on a guitar, it's a good song no matter what.

I don't think people care about the mechanics of songwriting.

When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do.

I was drawn to love songs, but I was just drawn to great music - no matter if it's hip-hop, pop, R&B or whether it's rock n' roll or country. It could be a Garth Brooks song, and if it's a smash, then I'll love the different wordplay and different melodies. That's what I'm a fan of - great music.

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer.

When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, serve the song.

Whoever hired me might've just heard 'Refugee.' Well, I'm not the secret to 'Refugee.' The secret to 'Refugee' is the song. But if somebody really good calls me up to play on something because they like the way I played on 'Refugee,' then I wind up playing on another really good song.

I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.

When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music.

Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice.

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.

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

I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.

If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.

I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.

I love doing concert music.

I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.