Martie Maguire Quotes

Being a new band, I just can't think of a better way to get your name out to all of the Hard-Rock crowd than playing with twenty of the biggest Hard-Rock bands in the world.

When we toured... I was hungry to take out people like Jeff Beck in front of us; Fleetwood Mac, just before they hit; Heart, just before they hit.

I think we were probably playing live for about 12 months before we got a recording deal.

The Big 4 tour was really great.

I would love to see Regina Spektor, Bjork, and some really cool-sounding festival bands like 'Metric' and 'The Cardigans,' who are one of my favorite bands.

I was doing sold-out shows before I got radio play.

I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.

That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends.

In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think.

The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

My favourite two festivals have always been the Big Day Out and Summersonic in Japan. The Big Day Out is a little more fun because it lasts longer. It's like an abbreviated version of the Warped tour because you get to play with the same people every day, which is really fun.

We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.

One of Lady Antebellum's first big tours was opening up for Kenny Chesney.

The media, being what it is, is always looking for the next new thing. There are still bands out there playing, no matter what the new thing is. The Stones go out there, and people go see them without records or even airplay.

The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.

Def Jam, they've shown nothing but love as far as supporting my records. We haven't missed yet, radio-wise, and every song that they've actually tried to support has been No. 1.

Coldplay's 'Mylo Xyloto' tour was incredible.

Go out and support your local rock n' roll band.

I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good.

Definitely, when you get into something where bands are playing for 30,000 people, it's not like the post-punk, U.S. independent scene.

Now, to be a mainstream act, you have to be firing on all cylinders on so many different platforms. You've got to have a social media voice. You've got to do promo on TV. You've got to tour everywhere.

I remember my mum and I went to see the Icky Thump tour when I was young.

I saw a concert with Nena singing '99 Red Balloons' on TV and I said, 'I will also go onstage and sing.'

I'm getting to do, like, 11 stadium shows with Kenny Chesney... seriously - that's bucket list.

I'm a veteran of Ozzfest.