Peter Noone Quotes

I've never tried to achieve anything. I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

Being famous for fame's sake wasn't the goal when I co-founded the Go-Go's. I just wanted to sing and have a laugh.

If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.

I just started writing for my own amusement and occasionally singing in little clubs around Los Angeles. Then I wrote 'The Rose,' and through a series of divine things that I had no control over and had no idea were going to happen, it got in the movie, and that changed everything.

Without my music, no doors would have opened, so I am forever grateful, and I am always going to be singing. But yeah, when the other doors open, why not walk through?

My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there, or you're struggling to get back to where you were.

Every time you're given a job, you're given a gift, and if you're flexible, you never know what's going to happen.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

I have always believed that there is nothing greater than a life in rock n' roll - it has to be good rock n' roll - and I still think it is true.

Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.

Hollywood is such a fickle place, and you really have to go day to day and with the flow. Things happen so quickly, for the good or the bad. But you also have to know that everything happens for a reason.

When I got my deal with Cash Money, it changed my whole life.

I got to play with incredible musicians, but it happened really fast. I couldn't believe it was all happening, and so by the time I was, like 18, 19, I sort of took a break and was just like, 'I'm not ready for this.'

I'm going back to work with AC/DC, I don't care who likes it or who doesn't.

Luck has a lot to do with being a musician.

I might even end up a rock and roll god, it might turn into a steady job.

I'm just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?

I like that I stand for something like American Idol which helps musicians and artists get out there. It's important to have shows like Idol because it's so hard to get into the music industry nowadays - nearly impossible.

Just one great idea can completely revolutionize your life.

It was like treading water all through the '60s, and when 1970 kicked in, I thought "We're here. Right." God, this is exciting. I'm going to go for it now. I really felt it was my time. Then Marc Bolan did it first. That really pissed me off.

Just to be able to release an album back in the day when I came out was very gratifying. Most people were not given the opportunity.

To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks.

A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.

You've gotta be dynamic in media. That's the only thing that's gonna work.

I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.