43 Riff Quotes for You to Enjoy

Whenever anyone sends me a link to a band, saying, 'These guys sound exactly like Soundgarden,' it's always some super simple sludge riff with a singer that sings high and screechy. And it's really awful. Chris Cornell

As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expected it to. But for the listener, hearing a good lyric is not generally as exciting as hearing a great beat or a great riff or a great melody or even a distinctive singing voice for the first time. Adam Schlesinger

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I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff raff is around. Then I get that last-minute surge of energy. But if I had two weeks to plan, sometimes I wish I wasn't doing it. But very seldom does that happen. Amy Sedaris

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I'm dying to fool around with the distance between Selina Kyle and Catwoman. And, you know, the whole double identity thing is endlessly fascinating. I mean, you can always find another riff for it. Ann Nocenti

You Fool Distance Find Between Know Identity Another Around Always Endlessly Dying Mean Double Fascinating Whole Riff Thing

A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by. Barry Mann

Guitar Enough Purity Piano Come Close Get Being Riff Played

One of my favorites has always been 'Swap Meet.' One of the reasons why I like that is it's a song that's in a drop-D tuning, and of course, also being a guitar player, it's one of the songs that I really like the riff on it. Chad Channing

Song Guitar Meet Guitar Player Favorites Songs Like Also Course Always Been Being Tuning Swap Really Reasons Riff Why Player

I came to work one day, and Ricky was playing music on his guitar, just snickering. He played me the riff that turned out to be 'Rock Lobster,' and it was hilarious. He was just trying to be funny. His guitar style made it moodier, and it really is a driving song, but it does have that funny humor to it. Cindy Wilson

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In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator. Colin Greenwood

Guitar OK Computer Generator Towards Well Moving Riff Tone

There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But the difference is a song doesn't necessarily need a riff, whereas a riff doesn't necessarily mean you've got a good song on your hands. Corey Taylor

When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer! Dan Hawkins

Will Marshall Cross Nail Always Hammer Provide Riff Need

If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something. Dimebag Darrell

You Improvise Immediately Something Crowd Know Riff

No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer. Ethel Waters

World Beat No-One Singer Fitzgerald Riff Ella Ella Fitzgerald

When you're in a movie with Will Ferrell, well, it's time to at least sometimes throw the script away. And that character in 'Talladega Nights' I found a lot easier to kind of riff with because I related to it more, those kind of Southern, almost rednecky guys. That's a culture that I'm familiar with, that makes sense for me to spew. Gary Cole

Time Character Me You Culture Sometimes Will Sense Nights Related Those Will Ferrell Easier Kind Guys More Throw Almost Well Because Makes Least Lot Familiar Southern Movie Script Found Riff Away

After I finished working on the movie, I went back into the show again playing Riff, so it was an incredible time because I loved playing Riff in the theater and, of course, I loved playing Bernardo in the film. We had such a really beautiful time. We knew we were working on something of quality. George Chakiris

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I'll listen to a song so much that ideas start to form out of daydreaming. It's as if I'm reverse-scoring the track and building visuals around a specific beat or riff that's grabbed me. Hiro Murai

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I was just obsessed with soul singers who had these big powerful voices. I used to listen to Aretha, Whitney, Mariah and try and imitate them, note for note and riff for riff. Jess Glynne

Soul Try Big Imitate Aretha Voices Had Obsessed Powerful Singers Listen Just Note Them Used Whitney Who Riff

'Boogie Chillen',' by John Lee Hooker - that is a riff. Jimmy Page

Boogie John John Lee Hooker Lee Riff

I've never been known as a riff kind of artist. Joe Bonamassa

Kind Never Known Been Artist Riff

A lot of the time, I will write a guitar riff first. I don't write drum riffs first. Joey Jordison

Time Guitar Will First Write Drum Lot Riff Riffs

You can have the best riff in the world, but if the drums behind it just ain't vibing it, it's not gonna be the greatest riff, right? So you've gotta have someone there that can really bring that to life. Johnny Christ

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When I got into songs like 'Exist,' I was like, 'Okay, this riff has some bass sweeping in it, I'm definitely going to have to use a pick... but I guess I'll have to learn how to sweep first!' Johnny Christ

First Bass Guess Definitely Okay Some Pick Songs Like Learn Got How Exist Going Sweep Sweeping Use Riff

You really have to play with the space in a riff so it can be allowed to breathe. Johnny Christ

You Space Allowed Breathe Really Riff Play

Every riff had to be perfect and heavy, collectively what we wanted it to be. If there was one person in the room who went, 'Heh, I don't think it is there yet, guys,' we'd scrap the whole song. I think that took a little bit of songwriting maturity for us. Johnny Christ

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