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Tom Scholz Quotes

Life, Love and Hope’ is... I’m thinking ‘larger picture.’ I’m not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught up in our everyday problems. Your cellphone doesn’t work or you got a parking ticket, you had a bad day at work. You can lose sight of the really important things in life; that’s what the song is about Picture Quote #1

The pressure is all self-imposed, and it’s to live up to the expectations of people who are going to shell out their hard-earned cash to listen to the music. It’s actually more than that, though. I wouldn’t want to make a record that didn’t live up to my expectations Picture Quote #1

If you listen to my tapes, you’d hear 14 different ways to arrange the rhythm guitar behind the harmony vocal, and then 14 different ways with a different vocal. You’d have to really be a music lover to sit through that and find it entertaining. I enjoy it, but I’m easy to please Picture Quote #1

Someone will say, ‘Well, that’s good enough.’ As soon as I hear ‘Good enough,’ it really bothers me. I spend as much time as I think I can on anything I do. I try to do that with the people that work with me. I try to get the best out of them Picture Quote #1

The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage Picture Quote #1

Fun is when you’re writing a song and you’re trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That’s when it’s fun. After that, it’s work Picture Quote #1

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I take chances. I don’t limit myself. I don’t think anybody who listens to Boston would have predicted hearing a female rapper on the beginning of the song ‘Sail Away.’ But that’s what fit Picture Quote #1

I took classical piano for a couple of years, but I sort of lost interest - I couldn’t read a note today if I tried. I still enjoy that stuff, and I think I naturally gravitate towards the classical licks; in fact, I know that I do. I gravitate towards the classical licks that I heard by famous old composers Picture Quote #1

Music doesn’t have to have lyrics; it doesn’t have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out really strong and hopefully good emotional reactions in people Picture Quote #1

All Boston songs are fairly difficult to translate to the stage. None of them are especially easy to play or sing. A lot of them, of course, have very involved arrangements with lots of different sounds and sections that are difficult to play and sing. The prospect of doing any Boston song live is always an endeavor in itself Picture Quote #1

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing Picture Quote #1

Higher Power’ was the result of a personal experience: a friend of mine who went through the process of addiction and recovery. It’s a very, very tough thing - very easy to become addicted and very, very hard to become a recovering addict Picture Quote #1

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I think the Sierra Club is the environmental group that has the best chance of really accomplishing things. It’s well known, and it actually gets down to doing the dirty work of protecting the environment Picture Quote #1

Music is an escape for me Picture Quote #1

Most people live their life around what other people do Picture Quote #1

We need a free media, not just freedom of speech Picture Quote #1

People have been convinced that growth for growth’s sake is a good thing Picture Quote #1

Everybody’s seen a stream or a wood they knew replaced by a strip mall Picture Quote #1

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Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world Picture Quote #1

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind Picture Quote #1

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Life, Love and Hope’ is... I’m thinking ‘larger picture.’ I’m not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught up in our everyday problems. Your cellphone doesn’t work or you got a parking ticket, you had a bad day at work. You can lose sight of the really important things in life; that’s what the song is about. (Tom Scholz Quotes) The pressure is all self-imposed, and it’s to live up to the expectations of people who are going to shell out their hard-earned cash to listen to the music. It’s actually more than that, though. I wouldn’t want to make a record that didn’t live up to my expectations. (Tom Scholz Quotes) If you listen to my tapes, you’d hear 14 different ways to arrange the rhythm guitar behind the harmony vocal, and then 14 different ways with a different vocal. You’d have to really be a music lover to sit through that and find it entertaining. I enjoy it, but I’m easy to please. (Tom Scholz Quotes) Someone will say, ‘Well, that’s good enough.’ As soon as I hear ‘Good enough,’ it really bothers me. I spend as much time as I think I can on anything I do. I try to do that with the people that work with me. I try to get the best out of them. (Tom Scholz Quotes) The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage. (Tom Scholz Quotes) Fun is when you’re writing a song and you’re trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That’s when it’s fun. After that, it’s work. (Tom Scholz Quotes) I take chances. I don’t limit myself. I don’t think anybody who listens to Boston would have predicted hearing a female rapper on the beginning of the song ‘Sail Away.’ But that’s what fit. (Tom Scholz Quotes) I took classical piano for a couple of years, but I sort of lost interest - I couldn’t read a note today if I tried. I still enjoy that stuff, and I think I naturally gravitate towards the classical licks; in fact, I know that I do. I gravitate towards the classical licks that I heard by famous old composers. (Tom Scholz Quotes) Music doesn’t have to have lyrics; it doesn’t have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out really strong and hopefully good emotional reactions in people. (Tom Scholz Quotes) All Boston songs are fairly difficult to translate to the stage. None of them are especially easy to play or sing. A lot of them, of course, have very involved arrangements with lots of different sounds and sections that are difficult to play and sing. The prospect of doing any Boston song live is always an endeavor in itself. (Tom Scholz Quotes) Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing. (Tom Scholz Quotes) Higher Power’ was the result of a personal experience: a friend of mine who went through the process of addiction and recovery. It’s a very, very tough thing - very easy to become addicted and very, very hard to become a recovering addict. (Tom Scholz Quotes) I think the Sierra Club is the environmental group that has the best chance of really accomplishing things. It’s well known, and it actually gets down to doing the dirty work of protecting the environment (Tom Scholz Quotes) Music is an escape for me (Tom Scholz Quotes) Most people live their life around what other people do (Tom Scholz Quotes) We need a free media, not just freedom of speech (Tom Scholz Quotes) People have been convinced that growth for growth’s sake is a good thing (Tom Scholz Quotes) Everybody’s seen a stream or a wood they knew replaced by a strip mall (Tom Scholz Quotes) Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world (Tom Scholz Quotes) The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind (Tom Scholz Quotes)