Steve Nieve Quotes

United Kingdom, Musician
February 21, 1958

Steve Nieve (born Stephen John Nason) is an English musician and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Imposters and Madness. He has also experienced success as a prolific session musician, featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings.

Also known as Composer

There’s a whole art to setting up the Hammond so that it just sounds great, and he knows what it is. I’m still learning.

Steve Nieve
- Learning
- Sounds
- Setting
Sometimes you’re conscious of it, but sometimes the consciousness is what gets in the way of things. That’s when it goes wrong, a little bit, sometimes.

Steve Nieve
- Wrong
- Conscious
- Goes

I think that’s how I work a little bit, is just to try to get a feeling going from what we’re playing, rather than knowing what we’re supposed to play, and let that feeling tell you what you’re gonna do. Sometimes it’s different.

Steve Nieve
- Feeling
- Playing
- Knowing