James Iha Quotes

A collection of quotes by James Iha.

James Iha is a musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band, The Smashing Pumpkins. Born on March 26, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois, he played guitar, provided backing vocals, and occasionally wrote music for the band. He contributed to their critically acclaimed albums such as "Siamese Dream" and "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness." After leaving The Smashing Pumpkins in 2000, Iha pursued a solo career, collaborated with other artists, and worked on producing music. He rejoined the band for their reunion tour in 2018.

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands o

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.

So there was something of a learning curve with doing your o

So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I mean, people have never really heard my voice before - or heard a whole record of mine before. So it was a completely new experience.

Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of

Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.

Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record

Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band.