Neil Schon Quotes (32 Quotes)

At first, when Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar went to do Van Halen, I was angry because we had plans and I had done a lot of work.

We are taking close to $10 a CD the way we are doing it, and I think that is a fair amount to split up between five guys. Each of us makes like two bucks a record.

The world now knows that Steve Perry is welcome to come and sing with us anytime he wants.

I'm just getting older and better.

It has progressively gotten worse, especially for bands like us, that have a large following. We have decided to take it into our own hands.

We are doing what Prince did. Everyone that comes to a show billed as An Evening with Journey will get our new CD. We figured that is our best store because they are our biggest fans.

Eric Clapton asked me to join his band, Derek and the Dominos. That was the day before Carlos asked me to join him, and I went with Carlos.

The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great.

I know what I want and expect out of a guitar. This Signature model can really turn corners when when you get to the high notes.

With soloing, I think it's best to really start strong and end strong, and in the middle, let things fly and throw in some string bending.

Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing.

The best part was watching Journey grow into this monster. The band was huge, playing these enormous gigs.

I have been in Journey since the beginning. I am the only guy that's actually been on every single record they've made, and I'm not done with that.

During the 1970s and 1980s Gibson did use my likeness, but we never signed anything. This new Signature model is the first time we struck a formal written deal for a guitar with my name on it.

I met the Santana band when I was 14. By the time I was 15, I was a member of the band.

I've never done a solo tour. I feel like getting out there and doing that.

I'm not a guy to go in the studio and spend months, let alone years, like some people do. I cannot even be in the studio for a month, it will drive me nuts.

It was a lot of fun to be that successful. We reached a very high level of musicality,and for me that's the best part of being in any band.

I haven't stopped playing. If you play all the time, then your chops are up and you tend to grow.

Journey for so many years has been based around the song, which is fine, but at some time in my career I want to be a household name.

Focus on melody, tone and vibrato. I've never been a guitarist that practices scales. I couldn't tell you what scale I'm playing.

When I go out with Journey, it is a complete cakewalk. I can afford my own bus.

World Play is very '70s arena rock, very raw and in your face, and that's what we wanted. We recorded it in a very off-the-cuff manner and didn't really plan out how we were going to play. My solos are first takes.

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.

Nobody's perfect. Everyone slides here and there, and they have their ups and downs. When they are down, that is not the time to step all over them.

In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band.

I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.

You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it.

There has been the biggest black cloud following me around. People believe it's all my fault that Steve is not here. He has always had an open door, and he doesn't choose to do this any more.

What I have is a bunch of really hungry, amazingly talented guys that can kick anybody's rear end.

I've got the recording process down, and I can knock it out very quickly.

I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.