76 Quotes by Gary Moore

Like a lot of the newer bands, like the more poppy kinda bands, although they make really good records and they produce them really great and everything, they don't really deliver onstage. And I think that's where like the heavier bands kinda score.

I always loved the Yardbirds when I was a kid, you know; I was always into Jeff Beck and everything.

I'm not one of those people who get emotional.

I don't like concert-halls where everyone is sitting down and it's all very formal.

I don't wanna play like that anymore: Widdle, widdle, widdle, up and down the neck as fast as possible.

A lot of guitar players, in every genre, are afraid to leave space. They're afraid to leave a hole, afraid they'll fall down it or something.

When you get into the habit of leaving a space, you become a much better player for it. If you've got an expressive style, and can express your emotions through your guitar, and you've got a great tone, it creates a lot of tension for the audience. It's all down to the feel thing.

My father was responsible for me starting in music. He's always stood behind me.

Whenever I was in the dressing room on my own, I'd start playing blues to myself. One night, Bob Daisley, the bass player, came in and said, 'You know, Gary, you should make a blues album next. It might be the biggest thing you ever did.' I laughed. He laughed, too. But I did, and he was right, and it was.