Chad Gilbert Quotes

My two favorite musicals growing up in were 'Annie' and 'Sweeney Todd,' and my best friend and I would sing all the songs when I was a kid.

I love the song 'El Rey.' And for years, I never knew what the song was totally about. It was something new for me. I'd never sung a song in Spanish before. Then I got the translation and saw what a really cool song it was.

Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.

I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem.

I watched 'A Chorus Line' over and over when I was growing up, to the point that I was able to recite the entire movie.

I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music.

It's funny; we never had anything like credibility. Even though we all have some sort of punk-rock background, but so what? I really don't care about that. What's credibility anyway? Who has credibility?

I love 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.

I'd love to do a film like 'Chicago.' Something musical because I've obviously come from that background.

Obviously, Sonic Youth has been a huge part of my life for many, many years, and I love all those guys dearly.

AC/DC 'Back in Black' - Those were my punk rock days.

We all started calling ourselves 'Ramones' because it was just a fun thing to do.

I love country songs. I love Broadway.

PG-13' is kind of a scattered, almost movie soundtrack album, with elements of punk and metal and electronica.

I look at some of my fans at my show, and a lot of them look like they're straight out of a punk rock show. They like what I'm coming across with. I had seen them same thing when I went to this Scarface show, so it lets me know that I'm on the right track.

My childhood friend, Shiva Maheshwari, who is also an executive producer of 'Jung,' introduced me to Young Zwann. I loved his vibe and instantly fell in love with his lyrics.

I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from 'Cats.' What's it called? 'Memory?' Sends shivers up your spine.

Now you're the Queen of Hardcore, but movies don't count!

I’ve been making electronic music for twenty some odd years but, because I grew up playing in punk rock bands, when I started touring, I thought in order to be a viable touring musician I had to do it with a band. I would DJ or tour with a full rock band.

Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes.

I saw the movie Sid & Nancy. It was a pretty good movie. It didn't really make me a punk rock fan. But anything that's new, as long as it's good I enjoy it.

Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak among other freaks

What's a punk band? Hey, who's got a beer?

The blues and gospel stuff seemed to go together.

He was a punk, she did ballet. What more can I say.