Brian Fallon

When you write a lot of songs, sometimes you don't have a place for them, and you need an outlet for them.

— Brian Fallon

If your ideas are bigger than the town you're in, you've got to get out of there.

— Brian Fallon

Tom Waits is someone who has really struck me, ever since I was a kid. He's really a big deal for me.

— Brian Fallon

I never got a chance to do Tom Waits or PJ Harvey kind of stuff in the Gaslight Anthem.

— Brian Fallon

Going out and trying new stuff on an audience is a scary thing.

— Brian Fallon

When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres.

— Brian Fallon

When Tupac came out, my writing changed for sure. I learned from it. It was a cultural thing.

— Brian Fallon

On the road, we watch 'The Mighty Boosh.' We have so many copies, we have them in different country codes.

— Brian Fallon

I'm on the phone with this guy, and he says to me, 'People compare you to Bruce Springsteen. I don't think you've…

— Brian Fallon

I do find that I tend to write about big questions. Why are we here? What are we doing? How do we…

— Brian Fallon

At the end of the day, you can't reinvent yourself past a point, because you are you, and there are things that…

— Brian Fallon

I don't envy anybody else's career because I feel they've earned where they're at and worked hard. I wouldn't mind Jack White's…

— Brian Fallon

I like building houses, working as a carpenter, painting. You work with your hands to the best of your ability, and at…

— Brian Fallon

I grew up in the next town over from Asbury Park and five streets from E Street. My mother fed me 'Born…

— Brian Fallon

If you're just making a record to pay the bills, that's not a great idea because chances are it might not come…

— Brian Fallon

For me, there's no point in being an artist and putting yourself out there if you're not going to really put yourself…

— Brian Fallon

People don't remember that during the Fifties and Sixties there was a Cold War, and kids were getting under their desks during…

— Brian Fallon

My friend Danny Clinch, who's a photographer, gave me a big, signed, numbered print of a photo he took of Eddie Vedder…

— Brian Fallon

As I've gotten older, I've realized the element that sounds like The Gaslight Anthem that's mine is always going to be me.…

— Brian Fallon

I don't want to tell what the songs are about for me, because then people can't decide for themselves, which is why…

— Brian Fallon

I'm not really into the numbers game of, like, what position our record is. But you find out at the end, you…

— Brian Fallon

You just have to know your story from the beginning. You have to know what you're going for and be honest with…

— Brian Fallon

I'd like to say I don't care, but I do. 'Cause when you put out a record, you try to do it…

— Brian Fallon

When you set out to carry on a tradition as deep rooted as folk music is, you've got to have your story…

— Brian Fallon

I've never read 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe,' but his later works are about whether God is real.

— Brian Fallon

I'll probably continue to write about heartbreak forever. That stuff doesn't go away as you get older.

— Brian Fallon

I must've been about 7 or 8 when I realized I wanted to perform in some way.

— Brian Fallon

Songs are like anything else - they dictate to you which ones go together and which ones don't.

— Brian Fallon

Everyone should see 'A Nightmare Before Christmas,' hear 'London Calling,' and read 'Great Expectations.'

— Brian Fallon

Where I live, every band ever comes through, and you can see anything you want, pretty much.

— Brian Fallon

I was never a fan of open tunings, because some people will do that and fumble around. But that's not my jam.

— Brian Fallon

You can learn a lot if you become a student of what's happening to you.

— Brian Fallon

I think Green Day's 'American Idiot' is probably the best comeback or mid-career record that any band has done.

— Brian Fallon

It's always Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Waits for me - the big three.

— Brian Fallon

Everyone always says, 'We don't want to be pigeonholed.' But sometimes, your pigeonhole is a great place to be.

— Brian Fallon

I don't like it when people spout about the popular opinion just to make it louder.

— Brian Fallon

I don't go to rock bars. Why would I go to rock bars? I can do that every night; it's boring.

— Brian Fallon

I learn tons of John Frusciante's licks from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm never going to play like the Chili Peppers,…

— Brian Fallon

I spend my money on cars. That's why I have a Challenger. It's a muscle car, like a Mustang. It's big and…

— Brian Fallon

Springsteen is a hero to a lot of people in New Jersey. He's a role model - because he's a local guy…

— Brian Fallon