Music Comparison Quotes

The rap game without me would be like woofers without bass.

Of course, Paul McCartney's sound is different from mine, but it's the way you hear things, really.

I really think that people who want to think more serious have to go and watch theater. Theater is a very sterilized art form. Not as much as music, but very close to music.

My country stuff, it might sound like Hank Williams - that's just the way it is. But I'd rather sound like Hank Williams than Trace Atkins.

Flying Colors is more alternative pop with a prog edge. Think the Beatles meets U2 meets Muse and Foo Fighters. It is the opposite of Adrenaline Mob, which has more classic metal influences like Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Pantera, or Disturbed. They are completely different ends of spectrum.

Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music.

Soccer presented no challenge to me. Playing felt like breathing: I always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn't feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting.

Anyone who likes Static-X will definitely like my solo record.

It [abstract art] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed after a while you may like it or you may not.

People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.

I like that old style of country music - it seems to me that a lot of the modern country music is rehashed rock n' roll.

Food is like music. You've got two kinds, good and bad.

I love those Keith Richards solo records, but it's not the Rolling Stones.

I don't think I sound like Janis Joplin. I'm a woman with a raspy voice.

It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with it. I wouldn't say it if I ain't think so, 'cause 'The Truth' was my baby. That's the pure album.

I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it's much better musically than much of what's available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content.

As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.

Someone like Jay-Z does have a timeless quality, but it's much different than ours. You can look back at something like "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors or the music that was on American Bandstand in the 1950s-'60s.

Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me

Two of my favorite bands, Blackberry Smoke and Black Stone Cherry, I just think both of those bands are a good new progressive kind of Southern Rock that's a little different than us but still has a rootsy thing going on.

Pop songs are like a D.J. set crammed into three minutes.

The New Lost City Ramblers are a very good comparison, actually. They really took the music seriously, and we take the music very seriously. But we don't take ourselves seriously at all.

There are a few great orchestras in the world, thank goodness. Although some people do put them in ranking order, it's not like a snooker match. Each orchestra has different things to offer.

People underestimate hip-hop the way they have sometimes underestimated comic books.

No, there's something about the sing-song cadence of children's music that has its place in rock.