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Peter Frampton

(1950) Guitarist United Kingdom

109 quotes in 375 categories

Peter Frampton says he makes music because he loves it, not because he wants money. He once wrote two hits in a single day, showing how quickly ideas can flow. He is proud that the live album 'Frampton Comes Alive!' will always be his most remembered work.

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Peter Frampton is a guitarist from the United Kingdom, best known for Do You Feel Like I Do?.

Quick Facts About Peter Frampton

Born: April 22, 1950
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Guitarist
Notable works: Do You Feel Like I Do?

About Peter Frampton

After playing with The Herd and Humble Pie, Peter Frampton launched a solo career and released many albums. His 1976 live record, Frampton Comes Alive!, sold millions of copies and earned eight‑times platinum certification in the United States. The album produced several hit singles. Throughout his career he has performed with musicians such as Ringo Starr, John Entwistle of the Who, David Bowie, Joe Bonamassa, and Pearl Jam members Matt Cameron and Mike McCready.

Awards & Honors

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Great Immigrants Award

Quotes by Peter Frampton

I never gave up. I'm a fighter.

Fighter

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The '80s were a difficult period for me.

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A pop star's career lasts 18 months.

Career

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I love to be a hermit.

Hermit

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I'm in you, you're in me.

Funny

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I love everything to do with movies.

Cinema

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Money never meant that much to me.

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I've always been very gadget-conscious.

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The more simple my life is, the happier I am.

Happier

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Music is now becoming 'free,' and it's very difficult for new artists to start.

Art

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Writing for dance was a wonderfully freeing experience.

Dance

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The Longer You Love, The Longer You Live, The Stronger You Feel, The More You Can Give.

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When you put the phone down at the concert, there's your 3-D, there's your HD.

Concert

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I've always had a good time in bands, and when I wasn't having a good time, I left.

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I never thought I would do an all-acoustic tour or an all-acoustic album.

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'Penny for Your Thoughts' was something I noodled on for a while.

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I have a soft spot for 'Wind of Change' because it was my first one, and it was a departure from Humble…

Change

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After 'Frampton Comes Alive!' became a huge success, I really needed to take time off to work out what the hell just…

Alive

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Most rock movies are never authentic - you'll have someone supposedly in 1958 playing a 1990 guitar, and a 1986 microphone.

Authentic

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When you don't have someone, you feel you want someone. Then when you do, it's nice to be single for one night.

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But we go out as a band because we enjoy each others company, first of all. And its the payoff for me,…

Art

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I think, at some point, I might have said it must be great to be as big as Elvis, but that wasn't…

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People tell me they got married to 'Baby, I Love Your Way.' It's heart-warming - I've been part of so many people's…

Baby love

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Moon appears to shine and light the sky with the help of some fireflies, wonder how they have the power to shine?

Fireflies

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I wrote 'Show Me the Way' in the morning and wrote 'Baby, I Love Your Way' in the afternoon of the same…

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'Frampton Comes Alive!' is the album I'll always be remembered for. I'm very proud of the music that's on it. Why it…

Album

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I'd sold more records than any other person in history with one album, at that point, in '76. It became a very…

Advice

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The power of your audience is in the hand of the artist now via all the media - Facebook and Twitter and…

Art

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I often explain it to people that if you listen to a Who record and then go see the Who live, it's…

Bands

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The number of times that anything is overdubbed on 'Frampton Comes Alive!'... the rule was, if it didn't make it to the…

Alive

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I was allowed a freedom as a baby boomer to do whatever I wanted to do. My parents were able to give…

Baby boom

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Recorded music is basically free now. I used to tour to promote a CD, but now I make a CD to promote…

Cds

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I've always loved to play live.

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I do live a simple existence.

Existence

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I love living without a net.

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I write about what happens to me. It's all there. I couldn't do it any other way.

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You can't erase a dream, you can only wake me up.

Dream

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Everyone wanted to play like Eric Clapton in the early to mid-'60s.

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Some might say I didn't pay enough of my dues, and I think I've paid my dues.

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I believe I'm an artist that just shines live - it's just something that happens.

Art

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