Musician Quotes

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.

I work myself into the ground. But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.

Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!

I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do.

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'

One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.

Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something.

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.

We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.

We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.

We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won;cause Ali is the greatest.

This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home.

This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were trying to do something different.

They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever did that back then and it became the famous cottage.

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong.

Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper.

I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?

I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity.

I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up.

I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.

I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be the one who would describe the future and vibe everyone up.

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.