Brian Setzer Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.”

“Just because you put super great musicians together, it doesn't mean you're going to have that chemistry as a band.”

“The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.”

“The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.”

“To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.”

“A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.”

“I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think that they were indicative of '54 to '57, although I tried to stay within that period.”

“I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and let myself come through.”

“Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed.”

“The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of.”