Musician Quotes

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

Tampa's crazy... The ladies in Tampa come in all flavors. I felt like I was at Dairy Queen.

People expect me to be with some stripper... That's just the kind of woman I work with.

I'm gonna perform on one of the nights. Good clean fun; we're not going to jail. For the record.

I want to do a record with Monica Lewinsky.

I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.

I am tired of being in an industry that doesn't appreciate me.

I am going into the adult market because they don't care what label you are signed to or who you know.

I also want to announce that I'm changing my name. I haven't told anyone. You get the scoop.

Words are just words.

If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do.

Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.

Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one.

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.

I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.

The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.

Little things can make such a big difference during recording.

Like I'm in San Diego today and this is my hometown so I've got a lot of my friends coming and I definitely want to put on the best show that I can.

Joining another big time rock band was the last thing I was looking for, but as the tour went on, I really dug playing to a lot of people, the band sounded great, and just being out there again, got me over my depression and so I decided to hop on board.

In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.

If PJ Harvey ever came to town I'd definitely go try to go see her.

I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile acts that don't have to live on fast food every night.

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.

I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level.

I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.

I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't make it better. And the tour was a total mess. We just had no life, no energy, and I felt we were going through the motions.