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Brian Setzer Quotes

Brian Setzer quotes

American Musician April 10, 1959

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Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music. Brian Setzer
With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if you do rockabilly or blues. Brian Setzer
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. Brian Setzer
We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era. Brian Setzer
It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was. Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer quote: "I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out..."
I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten. Brian Setzer
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. Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer quote: "Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put..."
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it. Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer quote: "To keep creating something with this type of music, you have..."
To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box. Brian Setzer
I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did. Brian Setzer
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. Brian Setzer
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. Brian Setzer
Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something. Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer quote: "People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of..."
People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys. Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer quote: "I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really..."
I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos. Brian Setzer

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