Famous Quotes & Sayings

Slick Rick

It can always be transformed into an avenue of information.

Travis Barker

We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened.

Travis Barker

We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics.

Max Roach

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.

Jeff Ament

We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.

Grandmaster Flash

What has happened is that to some degree they have taken an attitude where they don't listen to demos of diverse subject matters. They're looking for demos like the record the guy on the left just did.

Gary Cherone

We brought out the old catalog and the majority of the Van Halen fans did appreciate it, but in the end, they wanted their Dave.

Leo Kottke

I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out.

Leo Kottke

I seem to find different material every four to six months and I frequently forget it which is a shame because it would be nice to have a bigger library.

Cheryl James

People always say how much Salt-N-Pepa did for female rappers, but I never really looked at it like that before. Back then we were just having fun.

Jeff Ament

Our first record didn't come out on vinyl, so I think that might have had something to do with actually being in a position to make sure that it came out in vinyl this time. It sounds way better.

Joe Henderson

Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail.

Roberta Flack

Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country.

Santiago Durango

Our very first gig in Melbourne was a confrontation.

Brenda Holloway

Success to me was getting out of that contract in one piece.

Bobby Hatfield

Rolling Stones, Beatles, we gave them all the break they were looking for. All they needed was a good opening act, and we went out there and performed as well as we could... over 15,000 kids chanting.

Bobby Hatfield

Some people come to our shows and think they're gonna spend the night just listening to love songs, and they're pretty much surprised cause we do a lot of rock and roll.

Bobby Short

But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher.

Bela Fleck

So it doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.

Bela Fleck

They think the banjo can only be happy, but that's not true.

It's a Fox thing, the bad-boy image. They're trying to type me out. There are worse things in life, you know. I'm just really excited about the opportunity.

I had one year of struggle. My parents were always there, but I didn't want to rely on them. Now it's moving pretty fast. I'm not rich, but obviously this is fantastic. All I know to do with money is put it in a shoebox anyway.

Sometimes those fears creep into the back of your head, but then you slap yourself and think, 'Oh, woe is me! People actually like me.' What a silly thing to worry about. This is a huge opportunity, and I'm excited.

I've always been kind of a loner. Continue to be.

Chris Frantz

Our studio is kind of built into our home, so it's a place you can ramble, and we can do a pretty good recording here. The band is really comfortable her.

Chris Frantz

If a band is really good and the chemistry is unique, it should continue. But I guess David is just very happy doing his solo career. He's got a different band every time he goes out.

Chris Frantz

We used to really feel like the band was our family.

Chris Frantz

As much as we love playing the small clubs, we'd really like to get ourselves in front of a larger audience. I'm not talking about arenas or anything, but nice theaters and larger clubs.

Chris Frantz

We're the Tom Tom Club and our studio is the Clubhouse. It a way of making it a little more personal.

Chris Frantz

There is not that much of a generation gap these days.

Chrissie Hynde

I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that - stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders.

Chuck Berry

Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Dennis Wilson

The thing I wonder about is where does Brian's creative spark come from? Not his subjects or anything, but his spark. What makes it so great for me is that I really don't know. There's a mystery behind Brian, even to me.