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I love that sense of release as you throw yourself into the crowd as hundreds of arms are carrying you.
I've been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band.
If you put a Mars bar in one of Glenn Hughes’ hands and a bass in the other, he’ll choose the Mars bar.
I don't wanna play like that anymore: Widdle, widdle, widdle, up and down the neck as fast as possible.
When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween.
When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub.
I've been perfectly happily married for 25 years, and have a nice life. Inane things don't interest me.
It's in the films and songs and all your magazines. It's everywhere that you may go, the devil's radio.
Just take the music, the goodness, because it's the very best, and it's the part I give most willingly.
We got £25 a week in the early Sixties when we were first with Brian Epstein, when we played the clubs.
The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.
Yeah, I'm going to need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide.
In terms of my work, I've never been reticent in terms of defining my sexuality. I write about my life.
All we ever wanna do is inspire somebody to be who they wanna be and to give them a little bit of hope.
The plan was that I was going to do comics, and then the music just cam up in my life and was a detour.
Rock'n'roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off
It is ridiculous that I have so many shoes I don't wear. I worry that they're sitting there, being sad.
Removing all stimulation around you is a really positive thing in terms of stimulating your creativity.
If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.
I always think Hank Williams knew that he was going to die young, and that's why he did that much work.
That's part of it: You can't be a country singer-songwriter if you've never had an official heartbreak.
The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.
I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.
America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.
We came to the end, we found nothing. Nothing!!! And we cursed because we were hoping for so much less.
Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.
I'm not trying to say I'm a big tough guy... I'm a typical American-waist deep in this violent culture.
There was a moment, a few weeks after I signed, that it actually hit me. I was signed to a major label.
When the ravens leave the Tower, England shall fall, they say. We want to be there shooting the ravens.
With the Roses, I knew we were great; I felt that we would achieve something. On my own, I had no idea.
As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.
There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
I don't really love roller coasters because I feel like they're filled with germs and make me nauseous.
You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it.
Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.
I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.
We don't like preaching, we don't like love songs, we don't like fun songs. We just like the dark side.
I kind of like polishing the songs that I'm working on. I'm really working hard on some specific songs.
Some very silly songs can have an almost melancholy feeling when you put it in a different perspective.
I remember the Lord speaking into my heart and saying, 'Jeremy, I want you to stand up and worship me.'
Some things may work, but they definitely won't work every time. Some things may work at various times.
But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.
People forget that public people and celebrities, they too have to go to the bathroom and get divorced.
You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other.
Love and appreciate your parents. We are often so busy growing up; we forget they are also growing old.
We get sucked into the Internet and streaming information, and its time to just unplug and look within.
Our fans make the band. What they give we give right back. They're an integral part of us. They ARE us.
My parents told me I'd point to a bed of flowers and say 'Pink. Pretty,' before I knew any other words.
I've seen quite a bit of the world, but I really like Sweden and feel like I could live there some day.
I learned if you have $100 or $100 million - if you spend more than you have, you’re going to go broke.