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"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians."
"There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away."
"If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians."
"I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios."
"Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it."
"You can have all sorts of relationships, but there's something with musicians working together where you can have relationship that can just continue to grow in a beautiful way."
"All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds."
Explore more quotes by Greg Ginn
"I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the authorities, and also our political philosophies apart from the music."
"The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views."
"The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies."
"Most good things happen with time; especially music, which needs time to breathe and to find its own way."
"The English scene got more media attention with their emphasis on fashion, with the safety pins and all. There were some really good bands over there. The Sex Pistols were great."
"I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could."
"We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it."
"People from major labels were afraid to go to Black Flag gigs throughout most of the band's existence. They treated our gigs as something threatening. I'm sure that it probably was. They probably had reasons to be scared."
"It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there."
"The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. REM and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else."
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