Gary Cherone Quotes

When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

It's so crazy to think about touring with Weezer because that's a band that I grew up with.

My first concert was Pantera.

We got to open for Soundgarden, which was pretty cool.

I saw the Stones three years ago at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. and that was mind blowing.

I queued 24 hours to see Coldplay, at Koko in London, at the start of the X&Y tour.

King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

I always dreamed of playing a show with Bono and Edge and the guys in Green Day.

I remember when I went to see Led Zeppelin live in 1979 at Knebworth, there were certain songs that stood out to me and will stay with me forever.

We saw The Who on New Year's Eve in 1975.

I've seen the Stones play for three hours, and the crowd knew every song. It's what you want in a headline slot at a festival.

I just chased bands all over the country. The biggest one I saw was Jimi Hendrix.

I can sing these tunes the rest of my life, but when you get the four of us together, it's magical onstage. That's Motley Crüe.

I never thought I'd be on the same stage as Kiss.

My first concert was Styx. I was in the third grade and caught a guitar pick, which I still have.

For a rock band, I didn't see the point in live albums. To my mind, you've got to be there.

I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.

I saw Metallica, I'm not a major Metallica fan, but I like music enough to get invited and went.

I saw Berry in concert a couple of times in the late '70s - and like almost every North American male of a certain age, I went because a friend was hired by Berry that very day to be part of the legend's backup band.

I remember when I was a kid and I used to go and see Queen play live. It was like there was Queen the album band, and then Queen the four dudes on stage playing the songs on stage, and it never lacked anything to me when it was just the four dudes playing the big songs.

When I'm performing for 4,000, 5,000 people, it's a show. It's a rock n' roll concert.

The tour is like our bread and butter. You don't really get to experience the band unless you see us live.

Oh, man, the first concert I ever went to was Boston and Sammy Hagar, and it was absolutely incredible. I was just blown away by both bands, and, once again, it was my first concert, so that made it super, super special.

Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.

One would marvel on the screen the way Shammi Kapoor walked, Dilip Kumar cried, or seeing Dev Anand's style. And then, one day, you are in the same space with them. It's very unreal.