--- title: "1 Boy Band Quotes By Marc Martel" description: "1 Boy Band quotes by Marc Martel. Plus more from Marc Martel and more Boy Band sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/marc-martel-15308_band_honestly-198-9-i-was-12-or-13-years-old_1389976.jpg" --- > [Honestly, 198,9 I was 12 or 13 years old and primed for the new boy band thing. This guy Jordan Knight sounded like a chick, and I wanted to figure out how to do it, and I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/honestly-198-9-i-was-12-or-13-years-old-and-primed-for-the-new-boy/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/marc-martel-15308_band_honestly-198-9-i-was-12-or-13-years-old_1389976.jpg) ## More by Marc Martel > [You're a musician and you live and die by people responding to your music. It's a business just like anything else and if people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/you-re-a-musician-and-you-live-and-die-by-people-responding-to-your/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [It sure is cool that I was mentioned in 'Rolling Stone.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/it-sure-is-cool-that-i-was-mentioned-in-rolling-stone/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [Being compared to Freddie Mercury is something I've come to terms with. I don't know that I'll ever successfully avoid the comparisons, as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/being-compared-to-freddie-mercury-is-something-i-ve-come-to-terms/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [My favorite song to perform is 'Love of my Life.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/my-favorite-song-to-perform-is-love-of-my-life/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [I always loved music - it was always in the house - and my younger brother is musical, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/i-always-loved-music-it-was-always-in-the-house-and-my-younger/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [People would come up to me, saying, 'You sound a lot like the lead singer from Queen.' I started wondering, 'Who is this guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/people-would-come-up-to-me-saying-you-sound-a-lot-like-the-lead/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [If the Christian community responds to our music better because maybe we gained a little more credibility in the mainstream, then it's not ideal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/if-the-christian-community-responds-to-our-music-better-because-maybe/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [I'm a huge mimic. That's how I learned to sing. I listened to a lot of Freddy Mercury, obviously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/i-m-a-huge-mimic-that-s-how-i-learned-to-sing-i-listened-to-a-lot-of/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > ['Bohemian Rhapsody' is my all-time favorite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/bohemian-rhapsody-is-my-all-time-favorite/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [No band has two hours' worth of greatest hits, but Queen comes close.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/no-band-has-two-hours-worth-of-greatest-hits-but-queen-comes-close/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [Rock and roll reaches people because it's honest and doesn't shy away from the issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/rock-and-roll-reaches-people-because-it-s-honest-and-doesn-t-shy-away/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [The name Downhere comes from a song I wrote after a friend of mine died in college, and it was kind of the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/the-name-downhere-comes-from-a-song-i-wrote-after-a-friend-of-mine/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [My biggest influences when I was a kid - I listened to a lot of top 40 radio, so whatever the big artists were,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/my-biggest-influences-when-i-was-a-kid-i-listened-to-a-lot-of-top-40/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [Honestly, 198,9 I was 12 or 13 years old and primed for the new boy band thing. This guy Jordan Knight sounded like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/honestly-198-9-i-was-12-or-13-years-old-and-primed-for-the-new-boy/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) > [Being a professional musician with Downhere for 11 years now, I feel completely at home on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-martel/being-a-professional-musician-with-downhere-for-11-years-now-i-feel/) [Marc Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-martel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boy-band/marc-martel/#itemlist", "name": "1 Boy Band Quotes By Marc Martel", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Honestly, 198,9 I was 12 or 13 years old and primed for the new boy band thing. 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