Michael Anthony Quotes

I'm not losing the wonder in playing music.

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.

If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it.

I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something you got pleasure from.

I have music inside me and I'm very lucky to be able to play music and that's the way that I try to do it.

The problem is that music is selfish in that you need to make it for yourself, so that you can give it away, and those two things don't jive. I needed to find the right reason to play that had the magic and mystery and excitement that made me want to play in the first place.

Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and you love music, then play and play and play until you get to where you want to get. If you can pay the rent, great. If you can't, then you'd better be having fun.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

I'm always just looking to get back to the joy of playing music, and keeping it simple, as much as I can.

Playing with Iggy pulled me back in for a while and reminded me of what I love about music.

Absolutely, I'm living my dream. Yeah. My wife always jokes, says I'm a big kid, you know, playing in the studio and coming up with melodies and sounds. And, you know, I wouldn't know any other way because I just have music in my head all the time, and I just love it.

I feel like I've had a really great time just being able to make all the music that I've always liked to make and listen to and expressing it in different ways.

I do believe the music keeps us coming back. We really enjoy playing it.

I think the main focus as a musician should be to play the music you love to play, and the rest is going to come naturally.

I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.

To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm not gonna play guitar anymore.

I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun.

I'm by no means a pianist. I think that's safe to say, but the piano, for me, I would say it's the enabler. It gave me what I needed and gives me what I need in order to write a song. And I think playing or improvising on the piano is where I feel most liberated and sort of less conscious of all my insecurities or inadequacies.

A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.

I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my personal thing that I have for me.

I just make whatever music I want. It's my obsession, and it's very fulfilling.