Solo Quotes - page 2

I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me. (Sammy Hagar)
I think all the bad blood started when Geffen released a greatest hits package of my solo stuff. View quote
Sammy Hagar
Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist. View quote
Sammy Hagar
If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package. View quote
Sammy Hagar
For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none. View quote
Alfred Schnittke
That's what my music... I'm working on a solo record right now, it's gonna be more hip-hop than anything, like electronic hip-hop, futuristic hip-hop. I'm probably gonna be rapping on it. View quote
Alan Vega
I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist. View quote
Alvin Lee
All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background. View quote
Bobby Vinton
For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act. View quote
Bret Michaels
It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience. View quote
Bernadette Peters
Around New York, our group had become known as 'Dee Dee and her girls' because we were used on everything, so going out on a solo career wasn't as much a big deal to me. (Dee Dee Warwick)
In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison. View quote
Derek Bailey
Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo. View quote
Derek Bailey
Solo concerts are murder, I find; I don't like doing them. View quote
Derek Bailey
In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations. View quote
Evan Parker
I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me. View quote
Evan Parker
Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense. View quote
Geri Halliwell
I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears. View quote
Geri Halliwell
The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra. View quote
Gerry Mulligan
I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad. View quote
Glenn Frey
I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist. (Graham Nash)
I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind. View quote
Graham Nash
Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career. View quote
Howard Keel
Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo. View quote
J Mascis
People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got to peak at point D I go to A, B, C D then I'm home. View quote
James McBride