Myles Kennedy Quotes

the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less

The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

I think the world of Chuck Berry.

Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.

To do anything with someone like Bono or someone would be like, you know, a milestone, I think, as a musician.

Rush is one of the common denominators in our band as far as a band that everybody loves and grew up with and was a big influence.

I love playing with Slash, and the chemistry I have with the rest of the guys in his band is fantastic.

Eminem heard my music, and he didn't wanna take a meeting with me.

Our newest member is Johnny Colt, who was bass player with The Black Crowes. Colt fits right in with us. He's loony as heck, and so are we. We have a great time and love doing what we do. I hope Johnny is with us for a long, long time. He is quite the guy.

As a kid, I was obsessed with the Who. They were the most important band to me. Songs like "I'm One" helped me get through high school.

I knew the Beatles songs and how influential they are to other bands, but I'm not a fanatic, so I could look outside the box and observe.

I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a debt to them.

I'm not the creative one. I know that. If Rory Storm hadn't come along... and then The Beatles... I would have continued running around in teddyboy gangs. Today, well... I'd probably be a laborer. I'm glad I'm not, of course. It'll be nice to be part of history... some sort of history anyway. What I'd like to be is in school history books and be read by kids.

The Beatles were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all.

It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him in The Traveling Wilburys was beyond my wildest dreams!

Everyone likes at least one Elvis song....Me, I love them all. He was, is and will remain the ultimate rock star.

From the minute I became aware of Jimmie Vaughan and his playing, he was one of my very favorites. So I made it my business to meet him and become friends with him - to work with him and record some of his material.

We've influenced other artists, and when younger generations become fans of those artists and hear about us, they discover our music too.

I did around 100 episodes as Ted without the band, but the 20 I did with The Blanks are the only ones anyone ever seems to remember.

I have grown up listening to Strings and they have always been a source of inspiration to me.

Nas really introduced the world and a lot of people to me - that was ideal as far as me first coming in.

Drake is one of my favorite artists, so it would definitely be a honor to make a track with him.

Everything around me is surreal. I get picked up in cars and go to celebrity bashes, and I get sponsorship on clothes, and it's great, and I really enjoy it. But you should remember where it all started: the music. That's the key.

I wanna do a song with Bruno Mars.