Anthony Fantano Quotes

I think every Metallica album is unique in its own way.

I really love that 'I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One' Yo La Tengo record a lot.

Fleet Foxes are a really talented band. They make beautiful music.

I have so much pride and love for the songs of The Smiths. However, I must ask you, if you come across any Smiths CDs, don't buy them, because all the money goes to that wretched drummer.

I love everything from country to alternative to Blink-182 and '90s music to Dave Matthews.

I'm a real fan of that Foster the People song 'Pumped Up Kicks.'

The music I love listening to is more of the Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dido, Jewel, Nora Jones, Joss Stone, a bit more of that organic live-instrumentation feel.

I'm actually in my 22-year-old son Jason's band, After Midnight Project. The music is like Coldplay-ish rock.

I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.

Sigur Ros make beautiful music. Bloc Party are fantastic and exciting and innovative.

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.

I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran; I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard.

Man, that first Leppard album really jams, and their original guitarist, Pete Willis, was a great player.

I love the Scissor Sisters.

The main song I listened to with the 'Firebird' books was 'Breath of Life' by Florence + the Machine.

'Motherwort.' 'Great Leopard's Bane.' These are awesome band names.

Sonic Youth is one of my favorite bands.

I think Slayer is a funky band.

'Gone' is a really special record with a lot of energy and power and swag.

'Used To' is one of my favorite records because of its confident, 'in-your-face' lyrics.

Enya was a huge deal for me. That kind of woman vocals and how wide those productions were.

Listening to 'Songs in the Key of Life' always puts me in a good mood.

I would expect another Scars album before another System album.

When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular moment in the song where there's passion, you've got nine guys behind you, all driving that sound and that feeling with you. That's like surfing a huge wave, because once you start you really can't stop it, you got it going down a huge mountain.