act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" 7. form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads" change - undergo a change; become different...
Book clubs are positive on so many levels, not least of which is that they open your mind to books you might not otherwise have considered. If you don’t belong to one — and even if you do — try to think about your reading choices in a public way. Ask friends what they are ...
In front of me, the band finishes their third song with an amazing guitar solo. Everyone applauds and shouts and cheers–some with their cups raised high, some with fists up in the air, while some have their eyes closed as they try to “feel” the music. I remain standing with my ...
concert halls, places like that — I formulated what I wanted relative to the studio. My wife also agreed that the general appearance of the building should be represented by the works of Mr. Wright. So one of the basic concepts, for example, ...
in the final album, but now I could hear them clearly on their own because I was seeing what the process was. When I was reading about Brian Wilson andPet Sounds, he was talking about Phil Spector's "wall of sound" and trying to make a new tone. Saying a baritone guitar meeting a...
Steve Lukather: Oh, I’ve been touring for so long now, like 43 years or more than that maybe. I have friends all over the world, so that actually helps me lean toward those places. But I love Japan. So much of Europe is so great, you know, and I lov...
“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that some spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe, one that is vastly superior to that of man.” - Albert Einstein
Living mostly in Dublin has let Bono have a fairly normal life, close to friends and family, including people who aren’t all that impressed with the rock star thing. One sore point is that U2 has chosen to domicile one of their companies in the Netherlands for tax purposes. He’s ...
from doing lots of benefit shows with Fugazi, Merle Haggard, Green Day, and people. I started with friends, and that led to producing Ramblin' Jack Elliott [I Stand Alone], and that then led to Peter Case [Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John], which led to Kyp Malone [Rain Machine]. It...
these places. And then, out of nowhere, I realized that our backstage had been taken over by Jello Biafra and Lydia Lunch. I actually had to leave. I couldn't bear the swirl of nattering conversation. I got hit with a little bit of Jane's Addiction, but I managed to maintain my ...