David Sanborn Quotes

It's hard being in a band. It's hard being in a relationship like that. But at the end of the day, when you have great fans, as corny as that sounds, if the fans show up and the passion that they have, they're the ones that make us want to keep going.

We really can't go out and party every night like a lot of bands do - we have to keep our voices right for the show. It's a bummer, but you gotta do what you gotta do to live the dream.

Above and beyond anything, we didn't have lives outside of the band.

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

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

I studied music; I studied theater. I went to school for it, so I kind of treat it in that manner, that whether or not I can hang out, I've always been the one to go in my room and chill.

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.

Most of your day is spent working, and being in a band is no different. We're just business travelers in a way.

I gravitated towards Jim Ward, because I knew he was totally into the work aspect of being in a band.

I can't speak for other artists; every group has a different approach. For us, it will always be important to keep working hard, dancing better, writing better songs, touring, and setting an example.

Since the moment I joined with Nightwish, I have been working non-stop.

Making a record and being a touring artist is about cooperation between spirit, craft, emotion, and focus.

I write songs, but the guys play on them, they have opinions on them, and we tour together and spend all our time together.

I appreciate the level of professionalism and talent that I get to be around every night, eight times a week.

I breathe martial arts every day of my life.

After a certain point of time, life's practicality hits you. So I got into theatre, did stage plays and worked along with Naseeruddin Shah and Nana Patekar, people who are committed to the craft part.

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.

Whether you want to be a good actor or singer, you need to be responsible and professional - and you have to learn to work well with other people and be a team player.

I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100 percent concentration on every step.

If a guy has five good games and then starts to go out, drink, sleep late, live the wrong kind of lifestyle, then his performances will always suffer.

If you end up spending more time in the studio than you do on the road, that's not a good balance for me. Because I think when you're in the studio, you need to come off the road and go in the studio and that's when you're applying your best. That's when you've got the best attitude, best energy, all that stuff.

When we toured with AC/DC, we always had to bring our A game. They really felt like our equals.

I've fought in front of thousands of people and never responded to the crowd. I got there, did my job, and left.

We're a band's band. We have real songs, real players, real problems. Real ups, real downs.

I get very excited when I get a chance to work with actors who are as passionate as I am.