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Bret Michaels

(1963) Singer United States

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Bret Michaels is a singer from the United States, best known for Between a Rose and a Thorn.

Quick Facts About Bret Michaels

Born: March 15, 1963
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: Between a Rose and a Thorn

About Bret Michaels

Bret Michael Sychak, known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American rock musician. He is the frontman of Poison, which has sold over 65 million albums worldwide and 30 million records in the United States. The band has also charted 10 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and a number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Bret Michaels

Obviously, in my past, I had a quite wild relationship with Pamela Anderson.

Had

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With 'I Want Action,' I think people take it in the context of the Sunset Strip and the party scene; it was…

Action

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I want to fill my life with as much awesome stuff as I can.

Awesome

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We were in Greenville, South Carolina, where he lived, and he was coming the next day to the show, but he passed…

Bikers

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I don't want to be a reality retro star.

Astronomy

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I'm not the new kid on the block anymore. Writers always use the phrase "aging rocker," and I'm like, "What other option…

Aging

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I don't like high-maintenance. High-maintenance does not work for me at all. And I don't like anybody who talks down to people.…

People

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I am truly independently owned and operated.

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I'm a dreamer and a realist.

Dreamer

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I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110…

Columbus

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Everyone wants to go to the party and the red carpet, but my life is 90% the work.

Carpet

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Whether its active rock, pop, country, hip-hop - I love music; it's therapeutic to me.

Country

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For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act.

Art

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Every day that I wake up has to be a good day!

Day

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I'm the son of a Navy veteran, my two sisters are in the Air Force, I have a cousin who's a Navy…

Air force

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[My hair] creates this Tarzanesque, likeable bad-boy image. It says, 'I am a wild child. I will take you on a Harley…

Bad boy

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I do meet-and-greets at every show and meet a minimum of 20-35 fans at each.

Fans

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I absolutely love and respect the past, but I'm not a 'glory days' guy. I love where we've been and love where…

Glory

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For me, music is therapeutic, so the songs that came to me the easiest came from the most devastating moments of my…

Life

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The video for 'Ride the Wind,' we shot that in Detroit. We shot it at Joe Louis Arena two nights in a…

Detroit

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You can't have self-pity. At some point, you have to say, 'These are the cards I've been dealt, and I'm going to…

Cards

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Most bands have a two-year success rate. By the third year, it's sort of over. Here we are in Poison still together…

Band

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You're never gonna make everyone love what you do. You just embrace the fans that do.

Embrace

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A lot of bands live and breathe out of hotels. I just happen to be the one that lives on my bus.…

Breathe

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I didn't hate Nirvana. That was more of a media-constructed this-versus-that thing.

Hate

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