--- title: "Best Bret Michaels Quotes" description: "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 a..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-bret-michaels-13206.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-bret-michaels-13206.jpg) # Bret Michaels (1963) Singer United States **51** quotes in **279** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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". ## Quotes by Bret Michaels · Page 2 > [You want to go to a summer concert and not watch a band staring at its shoes for six hours and complaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/you-want-to-go-to-a-summer-concert-and-not-watch-a-band-staring-at/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/bret-michaels-13206_band_you-want-to-go-to-a-summer-concert-and-n_2467766.png) > [A lot of bands live and breathe out of hotels. I just happen to be the one that lives on my bus.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/a-lot-of-bands-live-and-breathe-out-of-hotels-i-just-happen-to-be-the/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/bret-michaels-13206_breathe_a-lot-of-bands-live-and-breathe-out-of-h_1343282.png) > [I'm the son of a Navy veteran, my two sisters are in the Air Force, I have a cousin who's a Navy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/i-m-the-son-of-a-navy-veteran-my-two-sisters-are-in-the-air-force-i/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Air force](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air-force/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/bret-michaels-13206_air-force_i-m-the-son-of-a-navy-veteran-my-two-sis_889821.png) > [I may have some things tougher than the average person, but there are a lot of people who are going through worse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/i-may-have-some-things-tougher-than-the-average-person-but-there-are/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/bret-michaels-13206_average_i-may-have-some-things-tougher-than-the_1468855.png) > [Poison is one of the first, if not the first, truly independent bands to sell 3 million copies of our first record.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/poison-is-one-of-the-first-if-not-the-first-truly-independent-bands/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/bret-michaels-13206_big_poison-is-one-of-the-first-if-not-the-fi_2037747.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/you-can-t-have-self-pity-at-some-point-you-have-to-say-these-are-the/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/bret-michaels-13206_cards_you-can-t-have-self-pity-at-some-point-y_1173172.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/i-love-it-it-s-all-good-to-me-whether-i-m-performing-in-new-york-l-a/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/bret-michaels-13206_columbus_i-love-it-it-s-all-good-to-me-whether-i_624956.png) > [For me, music is therapeutic, so the songs that came to me the easiest came from the most devastating moments of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/for-me-music-is-therapeutic-so-the-songs-that-came-to-me-the-easiest/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/bret-michaels-13206_life_for-me-music-is-therapeutic-so-the-songs_1061972.png) > [A brain hemorrhage puts it all in a deeper perspective. I'm one of those guys hit by lightning. I see the big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/a-brain-hemorrhage-puts-it-all-in-a-deeper-perspective-i-m-one-of/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Big picture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-picture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/bret-michaels-13206_big-picture_a-brain-hemorrhage-puts-it-all-in-a-deep_2372051.jpg) > [One of the things that matters to me, when you're out on the road, I want to make sure people are having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/one-of-the-things-that-matters-to-me-when-you-re-out-on-the-road-i/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/bret-michaels-13206_good_one-of-the-things-that-matters-to-me-whe_1857674.png) > [I absolutely love and respect the past, but I'm not a 'glory days' guy. I love where we've been and love where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/i-absolutely-love-and-respect-the-past-but-i-m-not-a-glory-days-guy-i/) [Bret Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/) [Glory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/glory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/bret-michaels-13206_glory_i-absolutely-love-and-respect-the-past-b_1025917.png) ## Bret Michaels by topic [Life (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/bret-michaels/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-michaels/#itemlist", "name": "Bret Michaels Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You want to go to a summer concert and not watch a band staring at its shoes for six hours and complaining.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bret Michaels" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-michaels/you-want-to-go-to-a-summer-concert-and-not-watch-a-band-staring-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/bret-michaels-13206_band_you-want-to-go-to-a-summer-concert-and-n_2467766.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/bret-michaels-13206_band_you-want-to-go-to-a-summer-concert-and-n_2467766.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/bret-michaels-13206_band_you-want-to-go-to-a-summer-concert-and-n_2467766.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You want to go to a summer concert and not watch a band staring at its shoes for six hours and complaining.” — Bret Michaels", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of bands live and breathe out of hotels. 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