Kenny G Quotes

The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA.

I just want to live on the road. I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night. If I'm not performing every night, I get totally depressed. I know that sounds really weird, but I hate sitting at home and not having a 1 A.M. performance now. It kills me.

I've sung background for a couple of bands.

I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.

I like being out front, doing what I do, but then I also like playing in a band too. I'd like to do stuff like I did with Deee-lite. I went out and played with them and they were the stars, that was cool.

I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people.

My first job was with The O'Jays playing drums.

I played trumpet for Noah and the Whale a couple of times.

I was in the band for the first six albums.

My history is really playing live - not writing or recording.

I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw some of the great talents of all time in the local area where I lived.

I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.

I've always been in touring bands in some capacity.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week.

I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately.

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.

The first gig we ever played was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I'm from. I was in a band called the October Game, and we opened up for a Vancouver band.

I'd had it as a member of a group. I sang with the Moonglows for two years, and that was enough.

I taught myself to play guitar and sing. I ended up writing a lot of music and had a band and was playing in bars and pubs all around Sydney, going on tour. I played with some pretty big bands in Australia.

I learned everything from my friends and just constant gigging in night clubs, eight sets a night!

In 1956, I began playing in a band with Boz Scaggs.

It's great to play live. I love it and appreciate it more than I did in the early days. It's a central part of being in A-ha.

Ever since I got a job in Imogen Heap's touring band when I was 17, there have been moments in my career that I can't quite believe really happened.