Robin Gibb Quotes

The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore.

We started off as Marcus Mumford, which is our singer's name. But then it very quickly became apparent it wasn't really a one-man thing: it was indeed a band. We wanted to give the impression of a family business, and we just liked the ring of Mumford & Sons.

When you start your first band and it has an impact on the rest of the world you go through a lot with those guys and you become very protective of that legacy.

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family.

When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.

I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes.

We chose to be a family, not a band.

As a kid, my pops did music, too. He was in a group called Lakeside back in the day.

I don't wanna be a solo artist. I wanna be in Styx.

Working with Mellencamp, I made new fans, people that may have never heard of me. They may have heard I was related to the Carter Family or Johnny Cash somehow, but what they got was pure Carlene.

We're not the corporation of Foster the People. We're a band.

I want to be treated like a musician.

The Raspberries were together two years for one century. It was a very successful failure of a group.

My songs are my babies and I am protective about them, especially 'Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon' since I dedicated it to my grandfather.

I'd like to eventually be known as someone who emerged as a songwriter.

That's the thing: I'm not opposed to working with people. I'm just not one of these people that feels the need to hop around the industry and get this guy's beat and get this guy's hook.

I want people to look at me in the future and feel that there's this Asian hip-hop artist who's fresh and hot.

It doesn't make sense for me to try to be, like, a dance dude who only releases two 12-inches a year and then plays every weekend. Making an album, you get to put out a body of work that shows a lot of different sides of you. And you get to work on it for an intense period of time and promote that album. And then you get to move on.

That's why I make mixtapes. That's why I work with Don Cannon; that's why i work with Big Sean. Even though I don't rap, I got love and acceptance in that community, and that's something that I really take seriously and hold close to my heart.

For 2NE1, it's always been all about music.

My cousin's dad is MC Hammer, and another one of my cousins is Zaytoven. We all grew up together and it's interesting to see how we turned out.

I played on Asia records with Geoff Downes.

10 Summers isn't just a label, it's a lifestyle.

Mike is a genius guitar player and keyboard player. I realized that, with this group, I just joined Mike Keneally's band!