Dennis DeYoung Quotes

When I did my solo album, I put on a song that I'd planned for Toto that never made an album constructed from a great drum track with Jeff and a bass track with Mike and the guys loved it.

At times, I will get in the studio and force myself to just write an entire front-to-back record, and 'Let Me Go' is one of these.

So the thing is to put out music for music's sake.

Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us.

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band.

I feel like guys, girls, whatever it is, you just come out hoping to make the best record. You just try to have a conversation and just create what you've talked about. Whatever you find to fit the beat at the time, what the person is down for, wherever the beat takes you towards.

If you asked me to make a Gaslight Anthem album on my own, I would say, 'No way, that's crazy.' I would never have been able to do that.

I love working with my band-mates in Alkaline Trio, but to make a rock record that was just mine was something that I wanted to do.

In the case of Roadcase Royale, everyone in the band has a lot to offer as a writer and producer.

When I left the Beatles, I made an album called McCartney that I played everything on. And it was kind of a cool experience. I felt like a professor in a laboratory, just crafting stuff and adding this, and putting this on and moving the microphone, and it was very homemade.

I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.

As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project. I'm not a very prolific songwriter, so I keep those for Depeche Mode.

With 'Elect the Dead,' I learned how to make a rock record without a rock band and make the rock record I've always wanted to make.

Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.

I've been working on my own music. I've been writing an album, stuff that's kind of personal to my own life.

I just can't wait to continue creating music.

I listen to music to when I'm feeling a certain way or to make myself feel a certain way. So why not make my own music inspired by true emotions?

When I go with different producers, and they've thought about what they want to do, I think they feel a little bit more free, because they know almost any sound will work on my record if we pull it together properly - so they don't feel so limited.

Fleetwood Mac always take a long time to make a record - you know what.

I love going into the studio with just an idea of the direction. Like, I want this tempo... I love to start from scratch, and the tracks sort of take on a life of their own.

I'm always just looking to get back to the joy of playing music, and keeping it simple, as much as I can.

I'll make music as long as I can sing and stand up and hold a guitar and I feel like doing this.

I just want to make the best music I can make.

I wanted to be the best guitar player in the world. And then my dad got me a portable recorder, so I started writing my own music.

As long as I can make albums, I will.