When you start reading a piece together, you get a sense of someone's basic philosophy of music without saying a word. You realize the other person's approach, how they express themselves, the kind of restraint they show, all those things.
People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.
People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music.
The audiences used to say, 'Are you a Donovan fan or a Dylan fan?' It was all very naive, really.
I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.
A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.
You know, I don't like talking about music very much. I have quite the hard time explaining myself.
Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
My dad knows great music. So I'm taking music to him to get an opinion rather than praise.
