Billy Sheehan Quotes
"I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Music)
"Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Music)
"It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Desire)
"It is never easy for anyone to have success in music."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Music, Success)
"If I had to do it over, I wouldn't change a thing."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Change)
"I've been an amature inventor for a long time."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Time)
"Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Music, Soul, Thought, People, Heart, Act, Feeling, Result, Will)
"I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Work)
"I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: People, Play)
"And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: First)
"History has repeated itself many times througout the ages."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: History)
"I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally."
- Billy Sheehan
"I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Musicians, Rules, Style)
"I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Success)
"I love a lot of reggae, but I've never had the opportunity to play with any reggae guys."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Love, Opportunity, Play)
"I think the future looks great for music, musicians, bass players, and all we love about music."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Love, Music, Future, Musicians)
"My home studio is my private instrument for me only. It's not intended to record anyone but me."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Home)
"Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Music)
"We'll see some simplistic players for a while, who'll then get into more complicated things and evolve with their instruments. This is a cycle that happens over and over again in music."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: Music)
"What people think of me and my playing is up to them, not me."
- Billy Sheehan
(Related: People)