I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model like that because the old brick and mortar record stores are falling apart, and the big record companies are collapsing under their own weight. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
The wonderful thing about having your songs on the radio is that people are going to go out to your concerts and buy your merchandise and that sort of thing, and it feels good to get that level of name recognition. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
I’ve got an electric little motorcycle that I go to the supermarket with every day, and it’s powered by the solar panels, so it’s really got a zero carbon footprint. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
I started playing guitar back in ’56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing for it and got one. Started learning lead breaks from songs, because that was the easiest thing to do at the time. I had the guitar for two years before I learned any chords. Really. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
I love being on the sea and the rolling of the ship, and for me, it’s not really happening until we get a little wave action going, I love that feeling. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
One of my favorite albums is Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, ‘At the Gate of Horn.’ It was a really dynamic album, almost like The Beatles, and way before its time… around 1960 or so. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
To me, being in the big time is not that big of a deal. I’ve been there; I know what it is. It’s exciting, but it’s also a lot of work and pressure. I love sort of flying under the radar where we can play theaters and sell CD’s on the Internet, and it’s really kind of a cool time. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
I’ve always considered myself a folk singer, even though we strapped on Rickenbacker guitars and played pretty loud. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it’s flattering. It’s a wonderful thing. Roger McGuinn Read Quote
