With any success, there will always be a little bit of a negative. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Half the bands I guarantee wouldn't at this point want Nuno to open for them. — Nuno Bettencourt Bands Copy Share Image
My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
It's hard to know exactly what it sounds like to me. I'm in the studio and I write it. and that's it. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times. — Nuno Bettencourt Choice Copy Share Image
A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
You don't really write a hit song - you write a great song, and then, if the public decides it's a hit,… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Even if we had the No. 1 video on MTV, and we had money and everything else, I think we'd always have… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
It's always flattering when someone covers a song. I mean, when you're a young band, and you're unsigned - to think that… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
With 'More Than Words,' we wrote that, so we are that. I'm just happy people can connect with any of our songs.… — Nuno Bettencourt Happy people Copy Share Image
There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
We'd tour for a year and a half and do an album and then tour for another year and a half and… — Nuno Bettencourt Another year Copy Share Image
We had a nightmare on our first album, and went through two producers. I decided, on the second album, to take the… — Nuno Bettencourt Business Copy Share Image
As for the first guitar I actually bought, I believe it was a Cherry Red Kramer! I think I bought it because… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Everybody used to be busy writing songs - great songs - that became hits. Now everybody's writing hits. Everybody's desperately writing a… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things in your life, as well as the hardest thing in your life. — Nuno Bettencourt Baby Copy Share Image
The touring part is really mixed. You love to play and you can't wait to go, but you don't want to leave. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
If you play music for no other reason than actually just because you love it, the skills just kinda creep up on… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
We've never written anything to have success with it. We've written songs that we love. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
We can play all we want, but if nobody's there, if nobody feels anything with what we're playing, then what's the purpose? — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
While you're learning guitar, figure out the drums, too. Not only does it help you have great timing, but it helps you… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
If you spend long enough with a bunch of guys, things will inevitably start to rankle. You're going to hate the way… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
We were never the cool band to like. They tried to put us into a hair-metal thing, but we weren't really Warrant… — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
