Paul Kantner Quotes

That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage.

I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people.

I've gotten to be part of a lot of incredible tours and have learned so much from the people I've had the opportunity to open for.

In the early days of Pearl Jam, we were caught up in such a whirlwind that I was just trying to keep my head on straight and play music. I didn't have the kind of confidence that other guys in the band did.

I would love to be able to say that due to my experience in the music industry, when it comes to the songs, I'm killing it over anybody else, but that is not the case. Everybody in this thing is ridiculously talented to where I don't feel special.

It's fun when you've opened for someone at a venue, and then years go by, and now you're headlining.

You obviously learn each time you go on tour, with each concert, with each song, from all your mistakes. But everything we did was authentic.

I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.

Being in a band, whether your female or male, is really hard.

I play in a band called Hellyeah, and I really love doing it.

I spent thousands of thousands of hours playing the piano, and by thousands of hours, I mean playing in cover bands or wedding bands or disco bands or original bands or playing cabaret for Todd McKenney.

I never thought I could sing. I still don't.

Australian bands are so self-deprecating - then they go on stage and blow every other band off the stage.

The opportunity to open for Fall Out Boy was incredible.

And I get so nervous now when it's not my show, like I'm not the headliner, because I know that those fans are there for another artist. Many people might not know an upcoming artist, but I've grown to like those shows because if I can control a crowd that doesn't know me, I'm doing my job as an entertainer. I have to rise to the occasion.

What's great about being an opener is that even when you lose, you win. There's no pressure. And no expectations. If you sell merch, you're killing it. But when you headline, you have to sell those tickets.

I feel like once you go with a band, it's hard to go back. I just don't see myself performing without a band.

'Licensed to Ill' was like a cold, and we took so much vitamin C that we'd never get that cold again.

There is a healthy amount of self-doubt and criticism with most people that make music. You find your areas that are your best. Onstage, I am good. But talking to someone in the grocery store? Forget about it.

I was in a band when I was in high school, and I was bitten by the performance bug, if anything else.

It's tough going out as the opening act of a band especially when you're solo.

When you're up on stage, especially being a female guitar player in a male-dominated field, if they just see you're into it, and it's your passion, and you're just giving it your all - it's not, like, an accessory - then it's all cool.

Being a bass player in these big-time rock bands is hard work.

All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.

Reading interviews with other people, I see them say, 'All I want is for our band to be massive', but it was never an ambition of ours to be in a band that's this big. That's so far from how my mind works that I find it puzzling. There's nothing wrong with being ambitious, but we're not.