Nuno Bettencourt Quotations

Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things in your life, as well as the hardest thing in your life.

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

Who needs fan mail when you have the Internet?

I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that.

I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it's got green in it. I don't know what the hell that was about.

As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it.

There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it.

A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.

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

When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you.

Half the bands I guarantee wouldn't at this point want Nuno to open for them.

I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way.

I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.

Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.

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

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.

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

My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles.

The touring part is really mixed. You love to play and you can't wait to go, but you don't want to leave.

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

Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way that they have, it's bound to sound different.

I think it's very cool to discover new bands and find something on the radio that you think is so cool that you go out and buy it.

It's a very moody album, but everyone experiences these feelings and situations. I don't think everybody wants to eat toast all day!

The biggest message I can send is my album. It's here I am, this is what I'm doing, I hope you dig it, and if you don't that's OK too.

I know many people who grew up in the '70s, and my generation stopped listening to anything after 1979 because they're not into it.

Great vocal track on "You can't cheat fate."

If you play music for no other reason than actually just because you love it, the skills just kinda creep up on you.