Brian Setzer

Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#cash #copy #difficult #distinctive #dumb

A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#i #i think #joy #lot #out

Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#into #liberties #music #put #some

For every rockabilly festival staged here, there are 10 held overseas. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#festival #held #here #overseas #rockabilly

I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and let myself come through. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#down #guitar #guitar playing #guitar solos #hooks

I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#i tried #keep #metronome #original #put

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#gift #god #gotten #great #i

It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#amp #around #big #delays #different

Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#blame #career #certainly #concentrate #decided

Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#done #go #i #into #make