Dennis DeYoung

Music is magic.

— Dennis DeYoung

I've lived a charmed life.

— Dennis DeYoung

I was lucky by birth.

— Dennis DeYoung

I could forgive anybody.

— Dennis DeYoung

Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.

— Dennis DeYoung

When I'm not on the road I'm in the studio every day.

— Dennis DeYoung

I don't wanna be a solo artist. I wanna be in Styx.

— Dennis DeYoung

Technology has made music ultimately more democratic.

— Dennis DeYoung

Nobody can beat those songs on 'Abbey Road.'

— Dennis DeYoung

Heck, I feel guilty getting my senior discounts.

— Dennis DeYoung

Secret, secret, I've got a secret,

— Dennis DeYoung

All I ever thought about was music and being a musician.

— Dennis DeYoung

The Beatles are here, and if you could see me my hand is on the ceiling. Styx is here, and my hand…

— Dennis DeYoung

I'm proud of the body of work I was part of and I want people to enjoy it as long as they…

— Dennis DeYoung

People always want to romanticize relationships within bands. Most of these relationships are based on music first.

— Dennis DeYoung

People go to musicals because they want to hear some really good songs.

— Dennis DeYoung

I wear sunglasses almost all the time except when I'm on stage.

— Dennis DeYoung

If you say 'Domo arigato' to people, they're apt to go, 'Mr. Roboto.'

— Dennis DeYoung

In our haste to grow too soon, we left our innocence on Desert Moon.

— Dennis DeYoung

I think the music business is as crass and as unrewarding as it has ever been.

— Dennis DeYoung

I still see myself as the kid who plays accordion and tries to keep people happy for 45 minutes. And there's nothing…

— Dennis DeYoung

I formulated the theme behind 'The Grand Illusion' album after observing how American culture creates illusions through advertising and entertainment to convince…

— Dennis DeYoung

Our music did not sound like the Beatles in any way, shape or form. I could never find it in myself to…

— Dennis DeYoung

When I play the first few notes of a song and people start screaming, I think: 'That's why I did this. That's…

— Dennis DeYoung

If you have talent and you work really hard, it increases your odds but it doesn't ensure anything. But every now and…

— Dennis DeYoung

I want to see the '70s guys, if they're gonna do something, stay valid in the '90s. Then they belong. If they're…

— Dennis DeYoung

When I went out and started making solo records, I was determined not to, I guess, put my name on an album…

— Dennis DeYoung

Every artist wants to feel like they're still valid in a contemporary way. But you can't be so arrogant not to think…

— Dennis DeYoung

After being replaced in Styx, everyone around me encouraged me to try and stop them legally. I just couldn't. It would have…

— Dennis DeYoung

This is no condemnation of Chuck Berry, who I greatly admire. But Chuck Berry's music will not translate as well to orchestration…

— Dennis DeYoung

I've tried to figure out ways to be less pleased other than the search for perfection. Talk about a thing that'll make…

— Dennis DeYoung

I made 'Desert Moon' and when I made those solo albums, I was trying not to be Styx, because I thought, 'That…

— Dennis DeYoung

My brother-in-law, Chuck, whom I have known since we were teenagers, is a disabled veteran who was wounded while fighting with the…

— Dennis DeYoung

Back in 2000, I had come to a crossroads in my life, unsure about what career path I should pursue. Shepherd, bouncer,…

— Dennis DeYoung

I had worked so hard on three projects 1997 that it knocked the gas out of me. It was a mystery to…

— Dennis DeYoung

If you want your rock stars that are completely 100 percent serious about themselves and you want them to pretend like they're…

— Dennis DeYoung

I never wanted to be a solo artist.

— Dennis DeYoung

I feel like the luckiest guy on the planet.

— Dennis DeYoung

There is one thing in this world that I'm better that than anyone else and that is being me.

— Dennis DeYoung

It's a good job when you get to have fans come up to you and thank you for writing your songs.

— Dennis DeYoung