Michael Bland famous quotes

My hands and ears get me where I need to go.
-- Michael Bland

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I know my sound when i hear it. My stroke is just my stroke.
-- Michael Bland

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I read somewhere that drummers are practically Olympic athletes. I feel pretty good, most of the time. After 38 years, I can't expect much better than that!
-- Michael Bland

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I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens.

Lyrically, I feel like there are things I always go back to, having to do with relationships.

With me being in my 40s, I knew who I was.

When it comes to asking for raise, you just have to do it in the right way. You may get a no, and that's fine, but ask and make sure you know when you can come back and ask again.

I definitely like being in bands with other women because it's just, I don't know, it's just better.

The more seriously you take yourself, the less others will.

I have very strict rules in my head that seem to me to be the way things should sound.

I grew up playing classical guitar, so everything I learned was rooted in technique, form, presentation.

There was a time when He was not.

I have to be pretty close to what I am.