Nuno Bettencourt Quotes

I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.

I'm always with my band; they're my best friends.

If we weren't in this band, some of us wouldn't be playing at all. You have tiffs with someone when he has smelly feet in the touring van, but we all respect each other as friends first.

One thing people always say to me: 'Keep playing.'

I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.

I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.

I hadn't been practicing or playing or anything. But that had been a vital part of my life.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

I love the fan support, though, because it all comes from passion.

Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention.

I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.

I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline.

It's tough to be in a relationship with a musician, because it reads sometimes as this ego and self-involvement when it's really just concentration and focus.

I still tour like a man possessed, because I am.

Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.

I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.

I'm amazed by the ground that I covered. The music's the number-one thing. And if it isn't, you better quit now.

I don't see any reason to quit playing. I'll be doing this at least till I get to a hundred and something. You know, I ain't got far to go. But I'm still going to be playing, as long as I have good ideas, and can play as I do.

I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that.

That's the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That's the only reason I'm here.

I didn't do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.

Whatever team we have at training I'm going to play my heart out for.

It's a business with the coaches. It's a business with the front office. So I don't get too tied up if I'm appreciated by them. Because at the end of the day, my teammates are who I play for.