Song Quotes by Denny Laine

11 Song quotes by Denny Laine

Denny Laine’s take on songs is distilled into eleven short statements. These snippets provide a clear, if limited, window into his lyrical considerations.

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In the sixties when Paul was with the Beatles and I was with the Moody Blues, we shared the same bill and…

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I've retreated to what I was originally, which is an individual songwriter.

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Although the Beatles were big to the world, within the business, we're all very, very equal.

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Wonderful Christmas Time' is a Christmas song but it was supposed to be an attempt at a traditional song.

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Paul forced the Beatles to work a lot harder than they would have otherwise, and he did the same thing with Wings.

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Music is progressive, you get out, you experiment with new people and you grow.

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There's no real animosity, anymore... Me and Paul had a good team and we still are a good team. When Lennon died,…

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I knew Paul when he was in the Beatles. We did the second Beatles British tour with the Moody Blues. And we…

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Paul and I were friends, the Moody Blues toured with the Beatles on the second British tour. That developed into me working…

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I was into all sorts of music as a kid. I was very curious about ethnic music and different styles. I loved…

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Band on the Run' was pretty significant for me because two of the guys didn't turn up to record it. It was…

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In the studio is one thing, but playing live is the important part, I think.

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'Mull of Kintyre' was the biggest single of all time up until 'Don't They Know It's Christmas' by that big charity.

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My fondest memories are of being hidden away in Scotland or Spain writing and working on songs for Wings.

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Wings was one of the first bands in the 1970s to do stadium tours, as well as Led Zeppelin. We had all the most…

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I like to live in the future.

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I was doing something of my own after I left The Moody Blues, I went away, lived in Spain for a while.

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I wrote 'No Words' and 'Mull of Kintyre' with help from Paul. He was always like a big brother to me and a strong…

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I was brought up on listening to 78 rpm records from crooners to opera singers to solo piano players.

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Band on the Run' was pretty significant for me because two of the guys didn't turn up to record it. It was just me…

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I'm not oriented by money, to be honest. Everybody thinks we're in the music business for money all of the time. But that's not…

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When you go to a new country, you don't have the same facilities as you had in the one before. You adapt very quickly…

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I don't have a normal job, so I don't consider retiring.

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I've no real musical training, although I took some piano lessons a while ago.

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Nostalgia is one thing. It's great to go and play the old songs. People know them and appreciate them. You got to give them…

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I really like to do small venues. They're more intimate.

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