James Iha Quotes

Yeah, I'm Sure There Are Stereotypes Of Asian People.

Composing Is Just Another Exciting Thing. It's As Exciting As Being In A Band. It's Kind Of Like Joining A New Band For Three Months.

We Have A Partnership Deal With New Line Records, Which Is Part Of New Line Cinema, And... I Worked On That.

So There Was Something Of A Learning Curve With Doing Your Own Thing And People Seeing You Outside Of The Band. I Mean, People Have Never Really Heard My Voice Before - Or Heard A Whole Record Of Mine Before. So It Was A Completely New Experience.

No, I've Heard Over The Years That It's Nice For Them To See Somebody Who's Like, You Know, A Well-known Successful Musician Who's Asian. I've Heard It From A Few Musicians, Too.

Musicians Always Come Off Sounding A Little Bit Pretentious, And A Little Bit... I Don't Know, Hypocritical, From What They Do, Talking About Strong Issues.

It's Hard Enough To Make A Good Song And A Good Recording Of That Song. But To Try To Tailor It To Some Outside Force Is Just Like - It's Never Been A Factor In What I've Done Or What The Band's Done.

If You Put All The Songs Together That I've Written On Band Records, And Put It Up Next To My Solo Record, There's Definitely A Different Kind Of Feel Than Billy's Songs.

I Mean I Like Pop Music, And I Like Heavy Music And, Stuff That I Like... The Band I've Signed On To Our Label Right Now; They're Called The Sounds. They're Kind Of Like A New-wave Pop Band.

I Live Most Of The Time In New York Now. I Have An Apartment There.

I Grew Up In The Suburbs Of Chicago.

But, Yeah, As Far As Asian Americans Go, I Hope They Know They Can Look At Me And See That They Can Do Music On Their Own, Within A Band Or Just On Their Own, And Not Feel Like There's Any Barriers. I've Never Felt Any Particular Barriers Myself, Being Who I Am.