"We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals"
- Tommy Shaw
About this Quote
Tommy Shaw's quote speaks with the innovative procedure of making music. He and his bandmates were playing popular music, but they were doing their own plans of the tunes. This suggests that they were taking the existing tunes and making them their own, rather than playing them as they were originally written. This could be because they were too lazy to put in the time to discover the original variations, or because they wished to put their own spin on the songs. It also talks to the idea that music is a living, breathing thing, and that it can be analyzed and reinterpreted in various ways. By taking the existing tunes and making them their own, Shaw and his bandmates were able to create something unique and special.
This quote is written / told by Tommy Shaw somewhere between September 11, 1953 and today. He/she was a famous Musician from USA.
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