Michael Schenker Quotes

Germany, Guitarist
January 10, 1955

Michael Schenker is a German rock guitarist who has played in UFO and led the Michael Schenker Group. He was an early member of Scorpions the band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s Michael joined UFO, playing lead guitar. He left the band in 1978 to found the Michael Schenker Group. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record. He has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar."

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

Michael Schenker
- Expression
- Copies
The music is a personal expression, like art. It is something that you like doing that comes from within, and is an expression that comes from God. That is why artists are beautiful and why people who copy are not really artistic.

Michael Schenker

I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.

Michael Schenker
If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.

Michael Schenker
- World
- Looks
- Uniqueness
Depression is something that makes you lose your sight.

Michael Schenker
- Depression
- Loses
- Sight
In order to get somewhere in life, you need to have a vision. The vision brings you to the table. Without a vision, you just do what everybody else does and you are just there.

Michael Schenker
- Vision
- Needs
- Order
I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

Michael Schenker
The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.

Michael Schenker
- Audience
- Made
- Heartfelt

I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I dont just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I dont hear it then I cant feed myself.

Michael Schenker
- Feelings
- Notes
- Coming