There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Everybody used to be busy writing songs - great songs - that became hits. Now everybody's writing hits. Everybody's desperately writing a hit because they know they can't survive if they don't have a hit. Where in the past, we… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
You don't really write a hit song - you write a great song, and then, if the public decides it's a hit, they take… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Even if we had the No. 1 video on MTV, and we had money and everything else, I think we'd always have more to… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
We can play all we want, but if nobody's there, if nobody feels anything with what we're playing, then what's the purpose? — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Rihanna is so into rock, and she gives me an empty canvas to work with. I get to do wild solos and crunch up… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
I'm sad for younger bands that don't have a home that they know they can go to, like the twenty-five labels that used to… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
As for the first guitar I actually bought, I believe it was a Cherry Red Kramer! I think I bought it because Eddie Van… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
We've never written anything to have success with it. We've written songs that we love. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
It's always flattering when someone covers a song. I mean, when you're a young band, and you're unsigned - to think that someday people… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
