Tom Scholz

“It's not a matter of 'I'm a rock star, now I'm a businessman.' It's like, 'I'm a musician, and I'm a businessman, and I'm a father, and I'm a husband.'”

“The Rockman was a way to get the sound I heard in my head onto tape.”

“I always thought of Boston as a project, not a band.”

“I get a lot of satisfaction out of creating things. I'm not a performer.”

“Animal rights is something I feel very strongly about.”

“I was just a geek who happened to be a musician.”

“The 'Boston sound' is a trick of the ear. It's how the instruments are mixed together.”

“Everything you hear on a Boston album is me. I play all the instruments... I don't mean that to sound egotistical. It's just that I'm a control freak.”

“To me, music is a science.”

“I have to have it sound perfect, and I'm a complete fanatic about that.”

“I didn't think of myself as a guitarist. I thought of myself as a songwriter and a producer.”

“The reason the first Boston album took so long is because I was learning how to record.”

“I wanted to make records that sounded good on the radio.”

“I never set out to be a rock star. I just wanted to make music.”