P. J. Soles Quotes

I grew up loving classic rock music - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones - and then one day I heard 'Baby One More Time' on the radio and I thought 'What is this?' I was eight and it changed my life.

I always said the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone.

I wanted to be a composer before anything else. And my sister was listening to Led Zeppelin in the other room! When I heard that, it was a game-changer.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.

I don't think any punk bands really ever got their due.

There's so many STP songs that are just classic to me, and just so influential in my musical growth.

I'm pretty sure I was about the only kid in school who knew who Jimi Hendrix even was. Through my older siblings, I was getting turned on to all the great music that was happening at the time, and I really loved Hendrix.

I was wanting something new, and for me the Beatles were... outstanding. I was breathless, speechless.

The Ramones were inspiring a lot of bands that couldn't master their instruments.

I'm of the generation that discovered Aerosmith because of Run-DMC. They just looked crazy to me. They were the dudes in the Run-DMC video. That's who Aerosmith was.

Iggy Pop is legendary - he is awesome - and I am a massive Bruce Springsteen fan. His song 'Cautious Man' is my favourite song. It's really poignant, dark, and moody, like myself.

I was enamored with music at a very young age. Everything started with kundiman, then evolved to Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, and eventually classic rock music.

The first record I was really into was the Drifters' 'When My Little Girl Is Smiling.'

Rock and roll was a revelation for me.

I remember, when I heard Jeff Buckley's 'Grace,' on first listen I just thought it was such a great song.

There's a place in England called Petticoat Lane, and... they always used to get the heavy albums, like, a week before. So I went down there and got it, and I went back home. I didn't come out of my room for about three days. I just played it nonstop... 'Sgt. Pepper's' was the best thing I'd ever heard in my life.

The first artist whose music I really got into was Paolo Nutini. When his album 'Sunny Side Up' came out, I think I listened to it on repeat for, like, six months.

But I feel like I developed my own love for hip-hop and rap music by myself. Just growing up and hearing new things. As you grow up, you begin to listen to new music that this kid is listening to, then you begin to like your own music, and start discovering it yourself.

Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.

Music is really important to me; Kurt Cobain is important to me. Hearing Nirvana was pretty life-changing.

I don't listen to much rap outside of Run DMC and the Beasties, but then I'm pretty burned out on most new music.

I got into James Blake quite early, like when I was early teen, and that was really important for me.

The Ramones are not an oldies group; they are not a glitter group. They don't play boogie music, and they don't play the blues.

I was a massive Rolling Stones fan, and I wanted to play music like... they do... were doing.