Mike Gordon Quotes & Sayings

“I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.”

“The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.”

“There's no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as a Latin band. We could never expect to do that. We just keep doing what we do, what we know how to do. We sound like ourselves.”

“Surrender to the flow.”

“I want to get an handful of spare basses to use first of all if mine breaks, and second, to learn some things about aspects of basses that I like, so Paul can build those aspects into it.”

“Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.”

“Elektra has no control over the live show, at least.”

“A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.”

“I agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isn't really what I would want to go for.”

“I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful.”