Dennis DeYoung Quotes

I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.

I'm on a mission to make people aware that I'm not a solo artist. I'm sometimes challenged by the branding of Tim Crouch.

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.

When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a song for a movie. When I don't know where to turn musically, being in a band - Rilo Kiley or Jenny & Johnny - the collaborative nature is really exciting.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Most singers begin with a band and then go solo. I started making music on my own and subsequently chose to carry on as part of a band.

I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.

We always talked [with Andrew Ridgeley] about when it would happen - we always knew that I would go on to have a solo career.

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

It's a lot more comfortable, I must say. Ummm, I didn't think I'd be playing with another band, I kinda thought I was through with that, but I make an exception because they're nice people.

I actually have two songs I did with Nicki Minaj. We didn't even plan on doing it that way, but it was an organic connection and just a really solid connection she and I had musically.

I've played in bands with A-team players around. But unless they can play together, it doesn't do any good. And you can take guys who may not stand on their own up against a bunch of individuals they might be compared to, but you put 'em together, man, and they are unique unto themselves in a way that no one else can touch.

Whether you hear me come out with another album or whether you hear any one of the Clan members, we're always going to involve everybody. When I look at 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Part II,' I look at that as a Wu album. You feel me? Even though it was my brand and my thing that I done, I had my dudes on it.

My dream collaboration is with Lauryn Hill. Is that ever gonna' happen? Who knows! But there's still a lot I feel like musically I could do.

I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.

I feel like fifteen years with Fleetwood Mac was like working on my thesis, doing research for some kind of paper.

I'm thinking about starting a solo project. But it will feature Tyler on all the songs. We'll call it something like 'Two Music Boys.'

I like being in a band where everybody's equal.

I really love working with Ramona from Nite Jewel. We've kind of grown up together.

I've been blessed to work with so many wonderful musicians and engineers and friends over the years.

I don't wanna be a solo artist. I wanna be in Styx.

There's no such thing as a lead singer in our band.

I've never really had the desire to be a front person or a solo artist. I don't really create that much of a hierarchy in my mind.

When we got with Dallas Austin, he was just getting on. He was kinda like the fourth member of TLC.

When we auditioned for 'The X Factor,' we were five individuals going into the show. That obviously means we are five solo artists in our beings, so we have our own creative ideas, of what sounds the best music-wise, because we are all artists.