Geezer Butler Quotes

To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.

I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.

Young fans want to know about the past and older fans also want to find new music.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio.

I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.

There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.

I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's not the achievement.

What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops.

I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.

Kids like classic rock, and so do adults.

When I look out at the audience at some of our shows, I think we are reaching a younger audience... I see lots of people in their 30s and 40s, but I also see a lot of people in their young and middle teens, and that's definitely reassuring.

Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.

It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the kind of fans who listened to my music via their parents, you know what I mean?

Led Zeppelin isn't done yet, quite clearly, because every year since 1968 there's been new fans.

The fan support throughout the years, and the new generation, has made Zeppelin larger than life.

What I do know is rock and roll and metal never goes away, ever. It took the back seat in America in the '90s. In Japan and South America, it was still really big. I never followed trends, so I don't know the exact function of them.

If you're only a fan of the old music, that music's gonna wind up sounding even older.

I can't think of another artist who has a fan base as diverse, in that the ladies in their 70s at the 4-H club have the same collection of Johnny Cash records as the punk on the street in Amsterdam.

I want to share music that we grew up with for this generation, the music my parents shared with me.

We've become an underground thing for kids, because we never got the love our peers got back in the day. Kids are loving discovering us, and I'm happy to be that band.

It's always great to see grey hairs in a crowd; people who are older have been to a lot more gigs than the kids; they've seen everything, so seeing them in the crowd means we've earned their applause.

I love that - you get everything from seven-year-olds to 87-year-olds at Passenger gigs.

Most youngsters are so well-connected with the rock music circle that they will know instantly if I attempt to imitate any rock star.

I like to take it back, cause I'm an old soul. Growing up, my brothers, I'd grow up hearing what they were playing, and that's how my taste has evolved.