Garth Hudson Quotes

Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.

Dance music cannot compete with a really great rock n' roll song. There ain't no DJ that's gonna play something that can take 'Mr Brightside' or 'Don't Look Back In Anger.'

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music.

I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith.

I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music.

I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!

If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel.

When I started playing music, it was all face-to-face.

I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.

I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially country music, but it crossed over to rock.

'Mr. Brownstone' is always a fun song to play because it's got that beat, and you see people bouncing.

Whenever Boston comes on, I play air guitar.

What I do is a bit broader in scope than a heavy metal band like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, ACDC and so on.

I started out dabbling in rock and roll; then I did playback, and I have also sung for my own songs on screen.

I'm a big rock 'n' roll head, I love country music, I love yodeling music. But I'm still black and funky.

I have a playroom with my drum set, a guitar, and amplifier at home.

The Grateful Dead always had their iconography down pat.

I remember, when I was very young and going to the Fillmore East and watching three of my favorite bands in one night, I'd want a hit. I want to hear the songs that brought them to that pinnacle of success.

I previously played King Tut's in Glasgow, which is one of my favourite gigs. It's really intimate.

Sure I've done some runs and even toured some amazing places around the world, but this is Stone Temple Pilots!

I've always considered rock 'n' roll, the music and the dancing, an art form.

I got to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, which is just so amazing. That stage is iconic; it was awesome being on it.

'Barracuda' is very fun to play because it's like a galloping steed of a rock song.

Early on I was more interested in gypsy jazz music until rock and roll came around and I listened to a lot of Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan.