James Iha Quotes

Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.
James Iha

Music, End, Listening

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.
James Iha

Strong, Off, Talking

All the bands I've played with have had dynamic front men.
James Iha

Men, Played, Front

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
James Iha

Chicago, Suburbs

I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like strong projects, big music.
James Iha

Music, Strong, Different

I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.
James Iha

Different, Fresh, Challenges

I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there.
James Iha

Time, Live, York

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.
James Iha

Started, Studio, Recording

My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.
James Iha

Job, Playing, Early

We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.
James Iha

Deal, Line, Worked

Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.
James Iha

Hope, Role, Model

Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people.
James Iha

Sure, Yeah, Asian

After 12 intense years of rock music, I was happy to get away from making a record and going out on a tour. When I did it, I wanted to feel inspired. After a while I finally had my fill working on other people's music, and I started coming up with music on my own and said, 'This could be for me.'
James Iha

Music, Happy, Rock

And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with them period.
James Iha

End, Find, Play

At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.
James Iha

Work, Great, Writing

But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on their own, within a band or just on their own, and not feel like there's any barriers. I've never felt any particular barriers myself, being who I am.
James Iha

Music, Hope, Far

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.
James Iha

Love, Kids, Artist

I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right now; they're called The Sounds. They're kind of like a new-wave pop band.
James Iha

Music, Mean, Stuff

I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice.
James Iha

Work, Rock, Writing

I think if you're able to make the music you want and you can do it in the right kind of context, you don't have to be a circus ringleader to be successful.
James Iha

Music, Successful, Able

If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs.
James Iha

Together, Different, Put

It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done.
James Iha

Good, Hard, Done

It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.
James Iha

Music, Work, Job

It's not like that often, I mean, I suppose out of a ratio of 10 fans maybe like 1 or 2 of 'em might be Asian, and maybe every second or third time they might bring up something that they're Asian and I'm Asian.
James Iha

Time, Mean, Often

No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've heard it from a few musicians, too.
James Iha

Nice, Successful, Few

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Nationality: American

Born: March 26, 1968

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