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Dennis DeYoung

(1947) Singer United States

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Dennis DeYoung is a singer from the United States.

Quick Facts About Dennis DeYoung

Born: February 18, 1947
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer

About Dennis DeYoung

Dennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He was a founding member of the rock band Styx and served as its primary lead vocalist and keyboardist from 1972 until 1999. He wrote more Styx songs than any other member, penning seven of the band’s eight Billboard top‑10 singles and also a solo top‑10 single.

Quotes by Dennis DeYoung · Page 2

If you're in rock 'n' roll, you're not supposed to admit to liking theatre stuff, but I'm a big theatregoer.

Actor

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I wasn't a guy who grew up wanting to be in 'Funny Girl,' if you know what I mean. I wanted to…

Beatles

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I lived at the greatest time in the history of mankind to be a musician.

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I gave my life for Styx and I'm really very proud of it and I didn't want to perform that music and…

Life

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I don't see how 'Hunchback' could ever appeal to children. It's a very adult story that deals with repressed sexuality.

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I was ill in '98. By the end of '99 I was recording and recovering.

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Is there anything in life more exhilarating than having 15,000 people absolutely ecstatic to be seeing your human form?

Exhilarating

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It took me a while to realize that the only way to really communicate with people is to give them your point…

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Over the years, I thought many times about how my life would have changed if I had been drafted and Styx never…

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I think a lot of bands would rather put mediocre rock tracks on their album to try to maintain some sort of…

Bands

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If you are going to take me a to a musical, you'd better give me three songs that I'm gonna like. Nobody…

Aria

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If you think marriage is gonna be easy, don't do it because when there are children involved, you screw up the rest…

Children

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My views are simple. If you're gonna make a commitment, particularly marriage, stick to it. If you can't compromise, you've got no…

Chance

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When I wrote 'Grand Illusion,' I was making it up as we went along. I wrote this stuff and tried to do…

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The fact is, for the first 10 years I toured as a solo artist, I wasn't playing any of the songs I…

Art

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We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands…

Bands

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Originally, AXS TV came to me last year and asked me if I'd be interested in doing an acoustic 'Live from the…

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I love Styx as much as I could love anything in my life. I started playing in the band when I was…

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I just believed in 1979 that prog rock was finished. I just saw the handwriting on the wall. And I believed that…

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I never imagined that I would have a successful solo career, let alone one in musical theater.

Alone

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When the Beatles broke up, I thought to myself, 'Dude, seriously?'

Beatles

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People always ask me: How are you? I say I'm the envy of millions. I've been a lucky guy.

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When I'm onstage the joy is to try to be the best I can be, I'm there because I want it to…

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There are no electric guitars. 'Hunchback' has arias; it's operatic.

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Touring is real demanding. You swing between sadness and euphoria. But for us to cry about it isn't fair.

Cry

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Nobody can figure out why it does what it does to human beings. But there is no other art form greater than…

Art

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There are all kinds of pretensions about art, but I'm just a guy who sings for his supper.

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I'm very proud of it. 'Hunchback' contains some of my favorite music I've ever written in my life.

Favorite music

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If there's a goal, you can't stop me. I'll put my head down. I'll have tunnel vision and I'll go until I…

Dreams

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I am what I am. Whatever it was that made me what I am, I thought I should stay around and be…

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It's always best when everyone in the group is on the same page.

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Sometimes your limitations become your strengths. It forces you to create your own niche.

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Really, the amount of work I do on a project, I will torture myself.

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Yeah, if anyone tries to tell you 60 is the new 40... don't believe them.

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Every artist thinks his most recent work is his best. If you didn't feel like that, you wouldn't do anything.

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Styx was always a theatrical band. In fact, we played City Center in 1983 with a rock opera, 'Kilroy Was Here.'

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I don't understand the joy of sitting in my house with nothing to do.

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We were together; we were a group; we were a team; we wanted people to love Styx.

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Essentially I'm a melody person in a rhythm age, and that's what Broadway is really about, the songs.

Age

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Americans are really good at throwing their hands up and walking away from things.

America

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