Robin Zander Quotes

A lot of the hardcore fans wanna hear the deep cuts - songs like 'Orion' or maybe like a 'Disposable Heroes' - you know, songs that we don't play all the time - and then, of course, they wanna hear 'Sandman' and 'Nothing Else Matters' and some of the hits.

Not every song of Lynyrd Skynyrd's was a single, but songs like 'Tuesday's Gone' and 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew' and 'Made in the Shade,' 'I Need You,' people learned those songs from the radio because radio played albums, not just singles.

I've always enjoyed Cheap Trick.

People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum.

One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.

It's in the vein, somewhere in a cross between The Beatles, Cheap Trick, The Stones, Badfinger, you know, but it's not retro at all. But it is very pop.

I hear a really good pop song every now and then. 'ROAR' by Katy Perry, I love that! 'Poker Face'... Oh! What a song! And 'Rolling in the Deep'... Oh!

Metal is still the biggest music now in America.

Rock music is niche.

Strangely enough, 'I've Seen All Good People' is, I think, the second most played Yes song on American radio after 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart.' And then I think 'Roundabout' is third.

I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me with his performance, and since '96, that guy has been producing at least one hit every summer and every winter. That's a pretty good resume.

I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking.

'Roc The Life' is a song I wrote with The Dream, who made 'Umbrella,' 'Single Ladies' and loads more.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

'Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.

Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.

I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is.

'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.

I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out.

Backstreet Boys, we don't stop. We just keep going.

My favorite album is 'Abbey Road.' I love 'Hey Jude.'

'Rock Or Bust' is a thing we've always done.

You know what, Nickelback's alright.