Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.
Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
He blew his mind out in a caaaar.
Scotty Moore plays one of the first really amazing riffs in rock history on Heartbreak Hotel with Elvis Presley. . . it was dangerous, it scared everybodys parents, which was part of the attraction then - as it still is now. . . it totally blindsided me and made me want to get a guitar and do that.
Man has tried his suicide with bigotry and hate, but in the end he'll kill himself with nothing but his waste.
Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.
How many years will you crawl through this castle, so satisfied and still wanting more?
How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.
It was one of those things that had to be experienced to be understood
Nothing is all good or all bad, nothing is black or white, everything is just messy and human and difficult.
I didn't shoot any guns then or when we did the scene with Uncle Charlie [Matthew Goode] and Evie [Nicole Kidman] in the hall. I sort of pressed the button but there were no blanks or anything in there because I think it was always going to cut.