Chamillionaire Quotes

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

I'm not a culture snob. So while, of course, I think the Mozart 'Requiem' or, say, Beethoven's 'Ninth' are some of the greatest works of art in the history of humankind, that's not to say the Beatles or Queen or Simon and Garfunkel aren't brilliant, beautiful, important works of art that should be sung without a sense of irony.

I feel so lucky that I feel the music is at the forefront of Audioslave, and the songs are the most important thing.

I have learned that music comes in all shapes and sizes.

I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like strong projects, big music.

I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music.

I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My recollection of hearing other music was that I liked some things that I heard but I always thought, 'Where's the rest of it?' It didn't have the same amount of detail or instrumentation or imagination in the arrangements.

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

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.

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs.

All music is beautiful.

I like the fact that music is more abstract.

Music is real; it's something you can touch and feel.

Music, of almost any kind, always made sense to me.

I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it, and I'm learning more and more every day. For me, the classic band setup - guitars, drums, bass - will stay fresh forever. I don't know. I'm still into it.

I've always said that music is like literature.

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

That's the thing about music: It's forever. Hopefully, you captured a moment musically that has a timeless quality people will find relevant to their lives at any point. That's the whole idea about what I love about art and music.

The thing that will never go away is that connection you make with a band or a song where you're moved by the fact that it's real people making music. You make that human connection with a song like 'Let It Be' or 'Long and Winding Road' or a song like 'Bohemian Rhapsody' or 'Roxanne,' any of those songs. They sound like people making music.

The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.

You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing.

It doesn't take much for anyone to pick up anything I play - it's quite simple. I go for a good song. And if you hear a good song, you don't dissect it - you just listen, and every bit seems right.

I play guitar all the time, and I'm constantly thinking of songs... Every time I pick up a guitar, I come up with different riffs, all different bands I've been in. Sometimes there is a song or riff that could only belong with Slipknot, and I just can't use it for anything else, regardless of whatever happened.

I had a really pleasant time composing music for 'Raaga.'