Charlie Byrd Quotes

I listen mostly to live music, and mostly my musical experience was playing music with other people.

I don't much like things to go by somebody's name, like the 'Bob Jones Group Jam Band.'

The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot.

Yeah, but on the U.S Tour we threw a new song into the set almost every night. Ofcourse, you can't do too many new songs every night as they've never heard it.

It's great fun to play with a really good band.

I've always loved to play live.

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive.

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.

I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.

I love to play. And fortunately, I don't know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they're always up for playing.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song.

I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.

It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees' set on the same night.

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.

I think in 2016 I'm going to focus on performing a lot more and doing as many shows as I can. There's plans to tour more, and that's where my heart is - doing the live shows.

Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer.

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.

You don't really know a song until you play it live.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

I have moments all the time when I play.

When I write the set, I try to create something that will not only be interesting for the audience, but will have a flow for the band, too, so we don't get boring.

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.