Chris Hesse quotes

“It's unfashionable to admit, but playing music makes us happy and makes us smile.”
-- Chris Hesse

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“I think everything about it. Just the experience, but mainly performing live for people. I think if it wasn't for playing in front of audiences, I don't think that anyone would want to play music. That's where you get all your gratification. It's just something else to be up on stage, playing music that you wrote and having people enjoy it - and have it mean something to them also.”
-- Chris Hesse

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“Not really, definitely not from any outside sources. If there was any pressure it was just from ourselves. We just wanted to make sure that what we were doing was right. But, you know, when you're dealing with any kind of art, I think pressure really doesn't help at all. All you can do is give what comes out of you - and that's what we did.”
-- Chris Hesse

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes

“When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music, your horn is down into the stand. This way, it's”

“I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.”

“Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what I see there is little kids on YouTube playing music.”

“When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.”

“Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.”

“You write a hit the same way you write a flop.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I'm teeming with the drive to write.”

“Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.”

“The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.”

Source : "Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand". Interview with Andy Battaglia, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2007.

“A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!”