Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Brewster

In the morning on Sunday, a drum is sounded at about 8 o'clock.

Will Champion

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

Will Champion

Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.

Bruce Dickinson

There are a lot of stuff on the record that I am thinking is generic but actually it is just as good as everybody else who is putting stuff out at the time.

Damon Albarn

As soon as it sounds fine, I'm on to the next thing, man.

Derek Bailey

For me, playing is about playing with other people.

Derek Bailey

In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.

Phil Collen

Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.

Phil Collen

We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

Holly Johnson

I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop.

When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.

Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.

Barry Gibb

Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.

Barry Gibb

He was the average guy. Maurice, I think, reflected every man.

Joe Cocker

Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.

Thomas Dolby

If you think back to the '70's, there were these new tools, with very few people using them in pop music. There's a real parallel with that now.

Thomas Dolby

If you're Take That for example, you don't need to be seen in the studio. But they have their own fans, and their fans would like a way to get closer.

Tina Charles

I would love to do top of pops as a grandma.

Will Champion

So, if we're happy playing the songs we have written, for as long as we can, then that is sort of the proof that they're good songs as well.

Resorting to violence and the use of force at holy sites is unacceptable, whatever the reason might be.

Roy Harper

Remember, this was a world that was still ethnically separated. I was thirteen and ignorant of the social situation in America, but I felt these records were better than what my own culture was turning out.

Julian Lennon

He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it will be until I can find the answer, but I don't know if there is one.

Julian Lennon

He was like a real dad, you know. We used to sit down with guitars and mess around.

Esa-Pekka Salonen

After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently.

Damon Albarn

Well, I made fun of the people in the government and then realized that even if we got rid of them, they were replaced by exactly the same guys.

Barry Gibb

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

Barry Gibb

Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.

Barry Gibb

We had to leave Australia to become international stars.

Barry Gibb

It's very questionable, and we will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.

Boy George

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.