Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomois an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter of the alternative rock band Weezer, with whom he has recorded eleven studio albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth13 June 1970
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
bach books bunch classical good guitar hanging house keyboard music wall
I have some good books of Bach keyboard music transcribed for guitar, and there's always a nylon-string guitar hanging on the wall in my house and a bunch of classical guitar books to grab. I kind of do that just for fun.
aware bad conscience love particular soon toughest works
I love writing songs. One of the toughest things is structure; it just works when you use verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. And as soon as you become aware of that formula, you start to have a bad conscience when you write with that particular structure.
listening albums youth
I enjoy listening to the albums of my youth as much as ever.
song writing imagination
Most of the songs I write just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.
fighting new-music studios
I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.
thinking differences keys
I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift was from a minor key to a major key. That made a huge difference in how it was perceived.
people want enough
If enough people out there want a physical product, I'll be happy to make one. I'd say about 10,000 people is "enough."
agreement records want
The internet has not granted us more control in relation to the record company because we're still bound by an agreement with them not to release our music without their consent. But they generally let us do what we want, anyway, so it doesn't matter who's officially in control.
years lessons genius
It could appear that I'm some kind of natural genius, but it's just a million small lessons I've picked up over the years.
records labels band
It is cool to have a label head that is also a songwriter, in a band, and produces records.
thinking people want
I do want to make music that people love, but I also want to make music that I love. I know I can't please everyone with anything I do, so I don't think too much about how other people are going to take things.
guilty feels
I never feel guilty about liking music.
song writing caring
I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem in my life or something I want to work through; if I don't have something like that at the root of the song, then I think I end up not caring about it as much. I gravitate towards some kind of concept or idea or situation that I want to write about. Very often I have to write, rewrite and come at it from an opposite angle...and I end up writing the opposite song that I thought I was going to write.
moving littles steps
With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.