Taboo Quotes

I went to see 'Shine a Light,' and it was the most perfect thing I could have done to watch that man do what he does in front of an audience. It's primarily Mick Jagger, but they're all so confident and relaxed and in love with what they do, and aware of the power of what they do. It's just deeply, deeply attractive.

I would play with Guns n' Roses anytime.

I love Coldplay. The lights, and the sound quality They really play their instruments. Sometimes, during the show, they'll make a mistake and stop. I think they do it intentionally just to show you they're really playing it live.

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

I was in a vintage pub rock band called Clover in the 1970s.

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.

I was in a band called Episode Six with Roger Glover, which was more of a harmony band, really. At one gig, there were a few dodgy characters leaning up against the wall of the venue - and we ended up joining their band. Purple was the talk of every musician in the country - they had something new and very exciting.

I've said this many times: Rock 'n' roll is this magnet for dysfunctional people who only know how to communicate through the medium of a live show.

If you're in a rock band, you're never too tame.

I played at Room 5 a lot, which is probably the smallest capacity venue in Los Angeles. I begged my friends to come see me.

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.

I once asked Ozzy Osbourne, truly one of my favorite people in the world, if he was cool with singing Black Sabbath songs year after year, whether he was performing with Black Sabbath or out on a solo tour. He said it was great.

Go out and support your local rock n' roll band.

One of the advantages of playing in a club is that even with bass and drums, the atmosphere remains intimate with the audience.

I'm learning what I gotta do to get people hyped up. It doesn't matter even if they're not dancing, as long as they're bobbing their head and as long as it looks like a mosh pit down there.

Originally, AXS TV came to me last year and asked me if I'd be interested in doing an acoustic 'Live from the Grammy Museum' performance. But I was bound and determined to do an electric show with this great band to dispel any notion that I wasn't a 'rock guy' in Styx.

Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.

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

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

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

There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry.

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.

As a rock band, you're slightly one foot in the past, playing instruments like guitar, bass and drums.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

We've played every dirty rock-and-roll club in America, and we've been opening acts for everyone.