Graham Nash Quotes

You've seen one of the our gigs you've seen 'em all. But if you're into the music, you'll know that we played better the night before or we can play better.

The Doors were never that good as musicians.

I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards.

We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music.

When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing.

In 'Heart of Gold' at one point, there were 23 players on the stage with him. And part of what's magic about Neil is the way he interacts with the other musicians.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were really great. I saw them live in the '90s; they were really, really good. The music is great, and the musicians are amazing.

I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.

I am lucky to have the greatest band and when you add a symphony orchestra to the mix it brings all of my songs to a whole new level. I wouldn't say I really change what I do but, having those talented musicians behind me, along with my band, really makes the songs so much bigger and more fun to sing.

If you're a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.

It is inescapable that Ringo was the catalyst for the others. He certainly completed the jigsaw and The Beatles, with Ringo, became a magnet for the great camera artists of the world, a target for the jaded, lately hostile eyes of people who had hardly known that popular music existed.

For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.

I always use the Jeff Beck model. Jeff Beck is just a genius, and he keeps getting better ... If there's anybody in your field you want to aspire to be like, it is a guy who does what he wants to do. Every record at least he comes out with one thing that makes everybodys' jaw drop ... I would hope that Jimi Hendrix would have done that, although, man, the odds are against him because he did so much in such a short amount of time.

Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head.

When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it.

We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.

I bought my first bass because I wanted to be in a Band, and heard that it was the easiest instrument to play. A friend told me that it was the sexiest instrument.

I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.

Dave Guy, the trumpet player, is an incredible musician. He came into the studio one day, and they had just cut a cover of "Sign, Seal, Deliver" for something with Sharon Jones, and I just was blown away by how they got that sonic. I mean, it was just so much the real deal.

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.

Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band

I believe that doing movies like this is positive because they can inspire and be entertaining.

What about Tom Jones? He's made a million and he's a bloody awful singer.

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.

Any kind of music can be written badly and it can be written wonderfully. I admire a top performer in any field.