German - Musician | January 10, 1955 -
If you are a musician and you don't show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything.
Michael Schenker
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I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things.
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I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.
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I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.
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Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to.
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I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed.
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I love to be creative.
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I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.
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I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.
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If you copy then it is not self-expression.
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In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically.
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