Desmond Dekker Quotes

Our dad was a singer and keyboardist and was in bands throughout his whole life. He was in a band called Sweathog that opened for Black Sabbath and eventually was the lead singer of Tower of Power for a few years.

Well, somebody's got to sing. They won't hire you unless you sing.

Like Noel Brown and Scotty, they recorded as the Chosen Few, and I recorded as Dennis Brown then.

The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my lesson, the piano player and I went into a studio... and we put down some demos... Those demos got to Quincy Jones through an agent... He listened to them, he called me, and we started to record.

I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.

I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.

If I could ask for any life, I'd like to be the lead singer and guitarist for Willie Nelson & Family. That is to say, Willie.

I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.

Maybe out of the fifty top Beach Boys songs, I was probably the co-writer and singing lead on forty of them.

I used to perform with the Pussycat Dolls before Nicole Scherzinger, before they were a musical group.

I got started in 1995, working in a group called The Cash Money Click.

I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings.

I wasn't looking at it like, 'I'm singing for AC/DC.' I was looking at it like, 'Y'know, if I can, and if they think I'm able to do it.'

I was 16 when I linked up with my manager - first person I ever auditioned for - and I've been in this ever since.

When we're in the studio, and we sing that first note on that record, you're committing to being a Backstreet Boy!

As a kid, my pops did music, too. He was in a group called Lakeside back in the day.

I had a great run with Ratt.

I was in a group called Pablo, while Will.i.am and apl.de.ap were a part of the Atban Klann. They signed to Ruthless Records with Easy-E. When Easy-E passed away in 1995 they changed their name to the Black Eyed Peas and asked me if I wanted to be a part of it. The rest is history.

Now, when you've been in the band for three years, you get used to the position, in a sense. I don't think about it every day like, 'Oh my God, I'm the singer of Nightwish!'

I feel like such an idiot... you know, that our band didn't break up just so we can re-form and become more and more popular.

I got started when I was about 15, or 16. My first break through was the Vans song with my group The Pack. That became a worldwide thing.

My dream collaboration would be with someone like Bjork, Kate Bush, or even Dionne Warwick.

A rock band with vocals is what I always wanted to be a part of; in fact, it feels very natural for me.

I have not forgotten about my dreams to become a singer. If given the chance, I want to take part in a drama OST making and also try out for musicals.

I played on Asia records with Geoff Downes.