Wayne Static Quotes

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

I originally wanted to go into sports, but my first concert was KISS at the shooting of 'KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park.' The minute I saw Gene and Paul... it was all over. I knew that's what I wanted to do.

We toured with Deep Purple a number of times.

The Clash were a major influence on my own music. They were the best rock 'n' roll band. Thanks, Joe.

If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.

After I moved with my mother to St. Louis, my older sister and I went to see Ike Turner, who was the hottest then. His music charged me. I was never attracted to him, but I wanted to sing with his band.

We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada.

I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old.

I ended up gettin' a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gene the best.

King Crimson were the only really famous band I'd been in.

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

In the Chili Peppers I'm a part of that world in a pretty big world and that's just the way it is.

I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest.

That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends.

If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.

I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history.

I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings.

I've got an article where my mum says that I used to run home from school to watch the Stones on TV. Right from when I was at college I wanted to be in that band.

The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.

Spittin' blood, smokin' guitars, fire everywhere - Kiss is where I started.

Pearl Jam sit down and have conversations about Kiss all the time on tour.

I always wanted to be in a rock band, but I wanted to sing like a soul singer.

All my real heroes made instrumental albums. All my own career has been spent playing in bands, but I never forgot that dream of what inspired me to pick up the guitar in the first place.

I like the guys in Cheap Trick. I like playing in it and the music we do.

Later when I was in Mithibai College, Mumbai, I was a singer for a rock band.