Michael Bland quotes

  • My hands and ears get me where I need to go.
    -- Michael Bland

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  • I know my sound when i hear it. My stroke is just my stroke.
    -- Michael Bland

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  • I read somewhere that drummers are practically Olympic athletes. I feel pretty good, most of the time. After 38 years, I can't expect much better than that!
    -- Michael Bland

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  • I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens.

  • Lyrically, I feel like there are things I always go back to, having to do with relationships.

  • With me being in my 40s, I knew who I was.

  • When it comes to asking for raise, you just have to do it in the right way. You may get a no, and that's fine, but ask and make sure you know when you can come back and ask again.

  • I definitely like being in bands with other women because it's just, I don't know, it's just better.

  • The more seriously you take yourself, the less others will.

  • I have very strict rules in my head that seem to me to be the way things should sound.

  • I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation.

  • There was a time when He was not.

  • I have to be pretty close to what I am.

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