Dimebag Darrell Quotes

In 1972 through '74, right before we hit it big, we were hauling our own equipment into the club and setting up and playing for, I don't know, a hundred bucks a night.

We played nightclubs for seven years solid before we got a record deal, and then 'Cowboys From Hell' and 'Vulgar Display Of Power,' we toured non-stop four years for those records, and we developed the most brutal, loyal fan base on the face of the earth.

We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America.

You're in a band 24 hours a day.

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.

When I was playing with the Truckers, a lot of really good things happened. And we had a good trajectory for a long time. For that kind of a band, for the kind of music that I've always made, we had a lot of success, I think.

Being a rock n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.

I wanted to play in bands and get signed by a record label and tour the world and stuff, but that never really worked out.

Always I was dreaming of a record contract. From 10 to 13, it was all I could think of. I worked hard for this dream. Nobody could say I didn't try.

I started in a band called 'Timbiriche', we toured the world when I was 8; I have 23 albums.

I do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I'm doing new stuff all the time.

When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week.

That's the beauty of country music - you have to get out there and earn it and work hard. And when you're on the road with big name acts, you realize there's no easy way to the 'Promised Land' in this business.

Basically, I live to do gigs.

Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.

I have to work really hard to get the record deal - I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.

'American Idol' was just really a platform. What you do after that is what separates you from the show. And I've been working really hard, touring constantly, and building those fans. You've got to work hard.

We really can't go out and party every night like a lot of bands do - we have to keep our voices right for the show. It's a bummer, but you gotta do what you gotta do to live the dream.

Slipknot is hard work; I don't care what anybody says.

It's hard becoming a member of a girl group among so many competitors. You have to have luck and also need to work hard.

I think that becoming a successful rock band is a little like becoming a professional athlete. Nobody plans on it.

We've been playing together since we were 13, and from the age of 18, we've had a record contract. I think that we've been incredibly lucky, yeah. But we deserve it.

When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it.

A lot of artists feel it's not worth it to sign with a major label, because if you don't have a giganto hit, then you're not going to get a video made. You're not going to probably get much tour support. You're not going to get promotion. You're certainly not going to get a publicist who's going to pay much attention to you.

You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.