Stephen Stills Quotes

I drummed in some rock bands. I asked for a drum kit when I was 15 and my parents were kind enough to buy me one and I just started playing with my buddies who played guitar.

Rolling Stones, Beatles, we gave them all the break they were looking for. All they needed was a good opening act, and we went out there and performed as well as we could... over 15,000 kids chanting.

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

I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.

I saw Cheap Trick play 'In Color,' and it was awesome.

I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.

I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force.

I'm more in the Stones camp than the Beatles camp.

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.

I like the Foo Fighters a lot - apart from them being friends of mine as well. They're definitely a fantastic live act to see: so much energy and possibly even bigger in Europe than they are in the U.S., and that's great.

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.

When I played in a band, people just stand there and look at you and criticize what they didn't like. But if you watch a D.J. show, people go crazy from beginning to end. Say what you want against D.J.'s, but you can't deny that the energy level in the audience is for the most part far above what rock bands have.

These days, the Rolling Stones still have an edge, but that fangs-out ferocity has mellowed considerably.

In the real world, people just get on with their lives. And that's where AC/DC come in.

We saw Bring Me The Horizon, they're really amazing and we had so much of a fun time.

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

We're a rock n' roll band. We're more music and rock n' roll than politics.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - those guys were great.

You're in for a live band. That's really what I wanted; I wanted to put on a show for people where they could come for the gay and stay for the musicianship. It's a live show; there's some rock stuff, too. Some rock and roll. Get ready.

For fun, I love to play the drums... poorly. I have a band, a bunch of theater nerds - we got together, and we're like, 'Let's play rock music for three hours and never take breaks.' We call ourselves The U.S. Open.

I'm an out and out basic man and AC/DC are one of the best rock'n'roll bands in the world, doing things just to the basics, you know.

Now I'm grown up and playing in a band.

Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band

Enuff Z'nuff is one of the most underrated bands in the world!