Billy Sheehan Quotes

• "And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part."
• "As far as current inspiration, I'm listenting to a lot of flamenco, because the techniques used for flamenco can be adapted to playing bass."
• "Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better."
• "But I do know that music has that effect on me personally, so when I fly around on stage it's not contrived or designed."
• "But there will be many elements from every preceding previous decade finding their way into all forms of modern music."
• "History has repeated itself many times througout the ages."
• "I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally."
• "I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing."
• "I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success."
• "I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass."
• "I love a lot of reggae, but I've never had the opportunity to play with any reggae guys."
• "I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more."
• "I think the future looks great for music, musicians, bass players, and all we love about music."
• "I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play."
• "I will tell the exact and absolute truth regarding the situation. I received a phone call from the band basically firing me from the band."
• "I'm a fan of a lot of classical music."
• "I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music."
• "I'm very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my playing, but in general I'm very critical of what I do."
• "I've been an amature inventor for a long time."
• "I've seen it happen when the first rock bands played in the 60s, and they played simple music, and got more complicated and complex as they moved on."
• "If I had to do it over, I wouldn't change a thing."
• "It is never easy for anyone to have success in music."
• "It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much."
• "Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable."
• "My home studio is my private instrument for me only. It's not intended to record anyone but me."
• "Some amazing memories and great times were had by all, and some of the most important lessons I learned as a musician, songwriter, person were learned either in the Barrelhead or the parking lot."
• "Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan."
• "We work out songs and complicated arrangements and record them relatively quickly. There is very little jamming on the records."
• "We'll see some simplistic players for a while, who'll then get into more complicated things and evolve with their instruments. This is a cycle that happens over and over again in music."
• "Well, I love living in Los Angeles - the weather is great and I love my home here."
• "What people think of me and my playing is up to them, not me."