I didn't touch a guitar until I was 20. Tom Scholz More Quotes by Tom Scholz More Quotes From Tom Scholz There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are hard to play. So we put a lot of work into it. The musicians that I've managed to surround myself with after all of these years are individuals who really excel at what they do. Tom Scholz musicians myself play work When I first started recording, I was told by all of the experts in the business that the kind of music that I was doing was never going to sell. That disco was the coming thing and it was going to take over and what I was interested in was a minor sideline. Tom Scholz doing never music business When I write a song and come up with an arrangement and a vocal part, it's always a challenge trying to find a singer who can interpret it sort of the way that I hear it, and it's a very difficult thing to do. I mean, singing is like playing an instrument - everybody does it a little bit different - singing maybe even more so. Tom Scholz challenge singing song way I don't plan tours necessarily around records. I know that's what most people do. Tom Scholz plan know records people The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage. Tom Scholz chance moments work fun I played in a couple of really crummy bands, including one in the dorm I was in at MIT, for a year or two. Tom Scholz really played year two I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first time I do something I think is expressive or really cool, that's what's actually on the recording. Tom Scholz day cool work time