Steve Porcaro (Steven Maxwell Porcaro) Quotes

I was in the band for the first six albums.

Steve Porcaro

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The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

Ian MacKaye
- Life
- Up
- Time
Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Music
- May
- Kids
Everybody in my band is a lion, and everyone's mastered their own domain... And we have a platform, and we have built it painstakingly and punched ourselves in the face every way we could to get where we are.

Zac Brown Band
- Band
- Face
- Lion
The best part of touring, still, is touching people's hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.

Carlos Santana Santana
- People
- Band
- Best
I grew up playing about 15 instruments and the way that I was able to accomplish that was by cutting my classes, hanging out in the band room all day, and going from one instrument to the next to the next, until I learned how to play everything by ear.

Flavor Flav
- Up
- Play
- Day
All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.

Adam Jones
- Done
- Art
- Me