Believe Quote by Nuno Bettencourt

You don't really write a hit song - you write a great song, and then, if the public decides it's a hit, they take…

— Nuno Bettencourt

Even if we had the No. 1 video on MTV, and we had money and everything else, I think we'd always have more to…

— Nuno Bettencourt

I never record anything like a demo, I just go for it.

— Nuno Bettencourt

It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease.

— Nuno Bettencourt

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

Rihanna is so into rock, and she gives me an empty canvas to work with. I get to do wild solos and crunch up…

— Nuno Bettencourt

I'm sad for younger bands that don't have a home that they know they can go to, like the twenty-five labels that used to…

— Nuno Bettencourt

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

As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of…

— Nuno Bettencourt

I think I'm a music fan before anything else.

— Nuno Bettencourt

Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.

— Nuno Bettencourt

We've never written anything to have success with it. We've written songs that we love.

— Nuno Bettencourt