John Entwistle Quotes

The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each of them relates to the musician in the next seat.

We record a lot of our shows, we record our soundchecks.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.

Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live.

I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong.

Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.

My live sound does not work in the studio, which is a completely different animal. Every little thing is detrimental to the sound. And if someone moves a mic, you've lost it. It's pretty much a case of 'lock the door and set up a police line.'

I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares.

That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage.

I want to take some jams and really concentrate on hooking up with Page because, since he's the only one not next to me, and his sound is mainly coming from my monitor rather than through the air, it's a little harder for me to hook up with him.

Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!

We wanted to get everyone back focused on the fact we are playing live again. It really does sound great.

I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them.

Find someone you can jam with. That's a big deal. When you play with someone else, you gotta work together to get the thing started and in time, working and in the groove.

Andy Timmons is someone I've jammed with many times over the years, and we always have a great chemistry when playing together.

We've had the good fortune of performing to live music a few times in our career and it always creates a different dynamic.

When you improvise alone, you don't risk a lot, but doing an improvisation when you are two is even more difficult because you need to listen exactly to understand what is going to happen.

When I was a kid, I was a really bad collaborator. I was pretty introverted.

I understand my teammates. I know which teammates you can get on during the game, and which respond better to constructive criticism.

One of the important things as a captain or coach is knowing what's going on around you, and knowing the right thing to say at the right time.

As I started to study old blues recordings and really pay attention to my favorites, it really started to come to me that all of my favorite pieces of music weren't produced, they were performed. The producer is nearly invisible: no thumbprint other than the composition and the performers.

Working with other people, it's hard to get them to make it sound like what you have in mind.

There is definitely an art to the dance that is being in a band.

I didn't always enjoy playing music with the Trees.