“Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.”
Kirk Hammett
“Somebody could be in police work for umpteen years and doesn't have the formal side of the training, yet is very qualified to hold the job. This would be a way of tying the two together in a way that is fair.”
David Hamm
“[as the garbage compactor closes in] Han Solo: One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.”
Harrison Ford
“I don't believe in having bands for solo records.”
Mick Jagger
“It's been a number of years since I worked solo. That's all I used to do, and that's how I started out. So it's nice to get back to that every once in a while.”
James Taylor
“[Also a songwriter (and guitarist), she's working on a solo CD.] It's kind of up in the air, ... I'm having a hard time; I want to make it special. Musical theatre is my first love. My writing is sort of folk-rock. I get compared to Tori Amos and Joni Mitchell — though I'm not nearly as talented as either. Neither a straight-pop album nor a musical-theatre album seems the way to go. I want to take my music and orchestrate it in a kind of old fashioned style, and take some standards and 'popularize' them — do a true crossover. I'm working on it.”
Laura Benanti
“I didn't feel the inclination to put myself out on a limb that much on my first solo album. I stayed with songs that are simple and unpretentious. That's what I do best.”
Christine McVie
