Steve Harris Quotes

Steve Harris

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 12, 1956

I respect religion and all people's ideas of it. I think everyone should be able to do whatever they want to do with their own life. I just don't particularly like it when people try and force their ideas on others.

Steve Harris

If you take care of the music first, and then add elements of a good show, then it makes for a good combination.

Steve Harris

I find it natural to write on the bass, and a lot of people find that really odd.

Steve Harris

Personally, I've got too many ideas to use in my lifetime, probably. But that's a nice problem to have, I think.

Steve Harris

When you're trying to create imagery, you're trying to create a feeling or a mood.

Steve Harris

I have respect for anybody that has to go and do whatever they have to do to protect their country.

Steve Harris

I grew up loving history.

Steve Harris

When we started off, we weren't even thinking of being a global band. We just ended up becoming that.

Steve Harris

People get into metal and they don't drift away from it. They might have families and move away a little, but they certainly don't forget about it.

Steve Harris

So when I started writing my own stuff, it was with a lot of combinations and time changes and power.

Steve Harris

Some of the newer bands I like include Queensryche and Marillion, and I was glad when Yes reformed. Also, Kingdom Come; I was laughing when I first heard it and going 'This is outrageous,' but it's a really album. I went to see them play and enjoyed it.

Steve Harris

Maybe that's what makes my stuff different, 'cause I write it all on the bass. I can't play but a few chords on the guitar, so the bass works just fine for me.

Steve Harris

I've tried lots of different guitars, including some Lados, and they felt great and were really well made, but the sound just seemed to lack richness in the bottom end. My main Precision is a '71, and I also have a '59 that I don't use very often.

Steve Harris

The Fender Precision is my instrument, my beloved Precisions.

Steve Harris

Sure, some tracks are not as good as others, but we've written some really strong, classic stuff, like 'The Number of the Beast,' 'Hallowed Be Thy Name,' and 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner.'

Steve Harris

We built up a hardcore following, but we were really still semipro, gigging over long weekends and the like. So after EMI signed us, we packed in the day jobs because we had to make an album.

Steve Harris

The negative reactions to 'The Number of the Beast' were strange. When we wrote it, we never expected anything like that.

Steve Harris

Recording at Compass Point was really fantastic. When you're in the studio, you could be anywhere: It could be snowing outside or whatever. But it's great fun when you come out of the studio and are greeted by nice weather and good bars.

Steve Harris

I think you just have to look after yourself, you know, when you're doing long tours; you just have to. I think bands learn that pretty soon, really. And if they don't, I think they tend to fall by the wayside.

Steve Harris

I mean, the first two tours that we toured around the world, we were hitting every single bar there was, as you do when you're young and you've got to find out all these things. But it got boring really quick.

Steve Harris