I formulated the theme behind 'The Grand Illusion' album after observing how American culture creates illusions through advertising and entertainment to convince us that our lives our lacking, in order to sell products. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Grand Illusion,' I was making it up as we went along. I wrote this stuff and tried to do the best job I could. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
I'm proud of the body of work I was part of and I want people to enjoy it as long as they choose to. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
Many musicals you can take and throw in the garbage can because no one took the time to write a song you can care… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
If you're in rock 'n' roll, you're not supposed to admit to liking theatre stuff, but I'm a big theatregoer. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
I'm very proud of it. 'Hunchback' contains some of my favorite music I've ever written in my life. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
I was damn lucky to choose this profession. I had no idea when I started out that I was really an illusionist and a… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
If you think marriage is gonna be easy, don't do it because when there are children involved, you screw up the rest of society. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
I just believed in 1979 that prog rock was finished. I just saw the handwriting on the wall. And I believed that if we… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
To be successful in your life, you have to be convinced in your own mind that you have the ability to accomplish your goals. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
How lucky am I? I'll go to Naperville and people will come up to me and thank me for coming to Naperville. That's how… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
If you pretend to be somebody that you're not when you write songs - and I did that on some of the early Styx… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
Nobody can figure out why it does what it does to human beings. But there is no other art form greater than music. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
I love Styx as much as I could love anything in my life. I started playing in the band when I was 14 years… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
I think the music business is as crass and as unrewarding as it has ever been. — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share
