Mike Gordon Quotes

• In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.

  Mike Gordon

  Dream, Thinking, Order

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• The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

  Mike Gordon

  Player, Thinking, Bass

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• I built all the speaker cabinets myself.

  Mike Gordon

  Cabinets, Built, Speakers

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• The guy we want to get is the guy who did the Aerosmith album which is coming out in two days, and a Chili Peppers album, and a couple of Pearl Jam albums. We want to get someone that will sort of bring out the high energy aspect more than the dreaminess that was on the last album.

  Mike Gordon

  Couple, Two, Guy

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• I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date.

  Mike Gordon

  Dating, Satisfied, Written

  Interview with Brian Feller, phish.net. April 18, 1993.

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• It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

  Mike Gordon

  Important, Bass

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• I guess there are two things that make me like songs generally, of ours, and that is if they groove well, or if they have a jam that can go somewhere.

  Mike Gordon

  Song, Two, Jam

  Interview with Brian Feller, phish.net. April 18, 1993.

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• Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.

  Mike Gordon

  Girlfriend, Grandmother, Years

  Interview with Brian Feller, phish.net. April 18, 1993.

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• I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.

  Mike Gordon

  Grateful, Player, Typical

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• Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.

  Mike Gordon

  Song, Pain, Eye

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• It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less than 4 or 5 minutes.

  Mike Gordon

  Song, Play, Doe

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• I've written some poetry, but...songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing.

  Mike Gordon

  Song, Writing, Poetic

  Interview with Brian Feller, phish.net. April 18, 1993.

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• I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing cymbals.

  Mike Gordon

  Guitar, Cymbals, Saxophone

  Interview with Brian Feller, phish.net. April 18, 1993.

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• Usually I don't think much in terms of interesting sounds. Although I think I want to get one of those whammy pedals, I forget what it's called and who makes it. It's got a whole bunch of different settings. You can play a note and it will raise the pitch when you push the pedal.

  Mike Gordon

  Thinking, Play, Interesting

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• We have access to more resources in general, and they are not going to force a situation on us, whether its the producer, or the cover, or what songs we have to play. And it's a small enough company that it seems like the people there care about music and not just about business.

  Mike Gordon

  Song, Play, People

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• As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything.

  Mike Gordon

  Long, Get Better, Records

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• Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions.

  Mike Gordon

  Play, Interesting, Trying

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• I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist.

  Mike Gordon

  Song, Writing, Cutting

  Interview with Brian Feller, phish.net. April 18, 1993.

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• Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small places too. Fish was saying yesterday that he doesn't ever want to play stadiums, or maybe he would once, he said.

  Mike Gordon

  Country, Nice, Opportunity

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• I'm always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe I'll have a MIDI bass pickup at some point, I don't really think that's the direction I would want to go.

  Mike Gordon

  Technology, Thinking, Mixing

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• I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful.

  Mike Gordon

  Song, Able, Enough

  Interview with Brian Feller, phish.net. April 18, 1993.

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• A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

  Mike Gordon

  Songwriting, Singer-songwriters, Collaborators

  Interview with Brian Feller, phish.net. April 18, 1993.

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