Tim Commerford Quotes

Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier.

I love to work with producers who are very good with their chord progressions.

I couldn't write an AC/DC song. I don't know how to do that.

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

It seems when I put together records, as Henley used to say, they're just like movies. They should have action, tension, love scenes, places to relax.

I'm used to making songs; that's how I learned to make music. My structures will always be more like pop songs than dance tracks.

The original 'Don't Let It Get to You' started with a beat. The drums came first. All the musical and lyrical elements were written over those drums.

I'm pretty into music. Anything with music I love... I'm really big on lyrical content plus a good beat.

I'd say 99 per cent of the time I write on my own, just with my guitar, and then it's trying to figure out what it needs in a production sense.

'Next To Normal' is rock music. It's a rock opera. That, definitely, has a place in popular music.

Basically, I'm a melodic writer.

I'm a songwriter.

I play music from Queen, to Elton John, to classic.

AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to.

Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that.

Every song has a bouquet, which is the music. If you can put words with something that is really apt, then you've done it.

I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you need. The production then just polishes that idea into the finished thing.

There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But the difference is a song doesn't necessarily need a riff, whereas a riff doesn't necessarily mean you've got a good song on your hands.

The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.

I consider myself a composer.

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else?

I really believe in melody.

I'd never written a song before 'The Blood'; I didn't know it was going to be a song.

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playing the piano, so I just record it into the software.