All the songs on the first album were like skeletons of how we really played them. It was just a combination of not having any studio experience and having to do everything so fast. I also think that studios are, by nature, limiting. You cannot get the sound of five big amplifiers on a little piece of tape.
When I first started playing guitar, everyone was playing Chuck Berry and B.B. King licks. I decided I was going to find other avenues of expression. - Robby Krieger
When I first started playing guitar, everyone was playing Chuck Berry and B.B. King licks. I decided I was going to find other avenues of expression.
- Robby Krieger
Scott Medlock. Some say he's a genius, some say he's a fool. I say he's the Jim Morrison of sports art, and proud to say, one of my closest friends. - Robby Krieger
Scott Medlock. Some say he's a genius, some say he's a fool. I say he's the Jim Morrison of sports art, and proud to say, one of my closest friends.
All the songs on the first album were like skeletons of how we really played them. It was just a combination of not having any studio experience and … - Robby Krieger
All the songs on the first album were like skeletons of how we really played them. It was just a combination of not having any studio experience and …
Come on, baby, light my fire. Try to set the night on fire. - Robby Krieger
Come on, baby, light my fire. Try to set the night on fire.
The chords in 'Light My Fire' are based on [John] Coltrane's version of this song. He just solos over A minor and B minor, which is exactly what we d… - Robby Krieger
The chords in 'Light My Fire' are based on [John] Coltrane's version of this song. He just solos over A minor and B minor, which is exactly what we d…
We were all kind of freaked out recording the first album because we didn't know what it would be like. - Robby Krieger
We were all kind of freaked out recording the first album because we didn't know what it would be like.
The fact that we represented freedom, you know. We talked about that in the songs and I think that the parents, like all parents, they want their kid… - Robby Krieger
The fact that we represented freedom, you know. We talked about that in the songs and I think that the parents, like all parents, they want their kid…
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money pl… - Robby Krieger
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money pl…
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