Chanel West Coast Quotes

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live.

I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.

We love to make records, and we love to tour.

This is the band I always wanted to be in.

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat.

A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise, it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.

I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately.

You're in a band 24 hours a day.

I loved being in a band.

I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.

I landed gigs touring with The Jonas Brothers and Britney Spears!

I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it.

I love my band. I love to play. I love to write.

We've been here since 1983 as a band.

I just want to play music with a band, live.

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

We played all of the songs on the first Johnny Winter AND every day before we recorded them, so that when we got in the studio, it was totally easy, as we knew exactly what we wanted to do.

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

So, it ended up being what you have there, seven songs brand new and ten live songs which is a good mix.

There's not a lot of thinking that I need to do away from the studio on Broken Bells stuff.

Yeah I'm still writing. I've got about 14 tracks now. But we've been on tour so we haven't had time to get back to a rehearsal place.

For me, the best part of being in a band is playing shows, all the raw energy.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

I love going on tour and playing music for people.