Max Weinberg Quotes

I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner.

You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other.

Find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helping hand.

The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that.

Deep Purple is a damn good band and we've made a niche in rock 'n' roll history. Maybe not a huge one but enough to be very proud of.

Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.

Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.

Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.

Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.

Peter Baltes was the best bassist I ever played with.

When I was a vocalist, a lead singer in a rock band, I was a law student at the time. It wasn't a professional rock band, it was for fun. I was already way out of that by the time Phantom came along. Having to learn to sing, it was such duress, having to really try and get to such a quality.

If you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones. People love coming to see them. They are it, they are the most definitive rock n roll band ever.

I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

I'm also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now.

I love playing with a full band, but there's just like a different feeling up on stage when you're playing with a smaller group. It's easier to play off each other.

In the Chili Peppers I'm a part of that world in a pretty big world and that's just the way it is.

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

At a crude estimate, I must have played 'Thunder Road' 1,500 times.

My friend, Zachary Throne, was playing a gig with Lemmy and the Upsetters. Knowing of our shared love of Motorhead, Zach called me up and invited me to the rehearsal.

We wanted to be America's Rolling Stones, to be the biggest band over here.

Sometimes I just wish I played in a band like Foo Fighters.

I feel that it was my destiny to play with Led Zeppelin, and of course I had the chance and I did it to my best ability.

The best band in the world is Queen, definitely.