Band Quote by Eric Carmen Download Open image “In the beginning, we were a real good, straight rock 'n' roll band. We were writing quality tunes.” — Eric Carmen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Band Beginning Good Music making Quality Real
Our band is rock n' roll. We were never just a studio band trying to make everything perfect. It was never supposed to be… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands after all… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was. — Slash Copy Share Image
We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period... it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make our music, you… — Karen Carpenter Copy Share Image
We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period... it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make our music, you… — Karen Carpenter Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee… — Lemmy Copy Share Image
I noticed that on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' record they could get away with racy lyrics like that because of how they looked… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Soundtracks are made all the time that die horrible deaths - even soundtracks for popular movies. — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Half the people tell me, 'I love 'Go All the Way,' but why do you have to write all those schlocky ballads.' And half… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
There was nothing wrong with having teen-age fans, but we were hoping to appeal to a much broader audience than the 13-to 17-year-olds. — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I wanted to have a band that could rock as hard as the Who and sing like the Beatles and the Beach Boys; a… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was put us… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I've had a great luxury in my career in that I became a very successful songwriter, which made it unnecessary for me to have… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
When the second album came out, everybody gravitated immediately to the three and a half minute rock tunes and ignored the ballads. They thought… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Well, when the Raspberries ended in early 1975 suddenly I didn't have to write to anybody's strengths or weaknesses. I was completely wide open… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I hated prog rock; to me, it was the ultimate expression of a bloated sense of self-importance and mindless self-indulgence. — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency, It is organic with a lot of anticipation and you can hear it, the way it is played. My favorite bands that I love from way back have a lot of things going on and it… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands? — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There is more to me than just having been in the Runaways. And even though I'm really, really proud of what the band accomplished,… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image