Linkin Park Quotes

• I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

  Mike Shinoda

  Years, Piano, Keyboards

  "Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Rocks on to New Challenge: 'The Raid: Redemption' Film Score (Q&A)" by Todd Gilchrist, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 21, 2012.

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• I was a producer and rapper before Linkin Park. Once the band took off, it was the center of my focus. A couple of years ago, I started missing doing straight-up hip hop, and that's when Fort Minor began.

  Mike Shinoda

  Couple, Rapper, Years

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• Right now, when it comes to making an album, we really want to give our fans just Linkin Park. We don't want to water it down with anything else or confuse it with anything else. Meteora is just us and that's where our focus has been. So hopefully the fans can enjoy that.

  Mike Shinoda

  Giving, Water, Focus

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• I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono.

  Jay-Z

  Mean, Albums, Parks

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.

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• I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard.

  Dave Grohl

  Song, Sweet, Spring

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• Led Zeppelin has been there through three generations of teenage angst. And there's a generation of kids now who won't know it, post-Linkin Park.

  Robert Plant

  Teenage, Kids, Three

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• I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Knights, Shining, Parks

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• When I think of nu-metal, I think of Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and even Chevelle - those types of bands.

  Austin Carlile

  Thinking, Band, Parks

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