James Iha Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.”

“But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on their own, within a band or just on their own, and not feel like there's any barriers. I've never felt any particular barriers myself, being who I am.”

“It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.”

“You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well.”

“Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.”

“All the bands I've played with have had dynamic front men.”

“I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.”

“I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.”

“I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there.”

“My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.”