Nick Valensi Professions : Musician Born : January 16, 1981 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Nick Valensi I abhor television. Notice how i said ‘television’ and not ‘TV’ because TV is a nickname and nicknames are for friends and television is no friend of mine. Nick Valensi nicknames no-friends television The other day my daughter said, ‘Daddy, guess who my favorite Stroke is?’ And I thought she was going to say me because, oh man, she loves me so much, and she said: ‘Julian! Because he’s the singer Nick Valensi daddy daughter men I think when you're in the early stages of writing a song, it's important to shut off the part of your brain that tries to edit or criticize. That function comes in handy later, but if you let it in too early, you can trip yourself up. Nick Valensi writing song thinking I'm a really firm believer that anyone can get pretty good at anything if you just do it all the time and you just keep working at it. Nick Valensi firm believer ifs Music is one of those art forms that you can get pretty immediate feedback by just doing it and getting better at it. Nick Valensi feedback get-better art I love working on new stuff. I love the feeling of a new idea and watching it evolve. That's one of my favorite parts of making music. Nick Valensi feelings stuff ideas Sometimes I feel like when you're in the dressing room, and you're on stage in 10 minutes, you feel like your stomach is going to explode. Nick Valensi like-you sometimes rooms Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors