Paul Kantner Quotes

In the sixties when Paul was with the Beatles and I was with the Moody Blues, we shared the same bill and tried to blow each other off the stage.

We started out to finish groups like U2 - that was what it was all about.

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

I just got off stage playing with Lynyrd Skynyrd a minute ago. It was a great show. Got to meet some incredible guests. This is the bee's knees.

My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

I've been blessed. I grew up and played and worked and created with the Freddie Mercury, the Jimi Hendrix, the Keith Richards, the John Paul Jones of my generation.

I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.

These days, the Rolling Stones still have an edge, but that fangs-out ferocity has mellowed considerably.

We opened for the Kinks, the Beach Boys, the Guess Who, Chuck Berry, Sha Na Na. We opened for Cheech and Chong - I opened for Cheech, and Don opened for Chong.

When I left Free back in 1972, I didn't play 'All Right Now' until about 1996, when I was touring with Jason Bonham, and we were supporting the tribute record we had done to Muddy Waters.

Warped Tour is completely in a league of its own. It's this crazy cross between a real, full tour and a festival.

We've played every dirty rock-and-roll club in America, and we've been opening acts for everyone.

We have always been like The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in that we have numerous lead singers.

We've always been kind of an underground band in a way that had the respect of our peers on the road. I like to say we're the world's most famous opening act because we've opened for every huge band on the planet.

Coldplay's 'Mylo Xyloto' tour was incredible.

I feel nowadays a lot of bands can be too overly produced. There's something about the leather pants and bare bodies and Axl Rose running back and forth on a stage and going crazy. I love all that.

I always dreamed of playing a show with Bono and Edge and the guys in Green Day.

Probably every band - you get back to like, The Stones are kind of the tough guys, Beatles are kind of psychedelic, Led Zeppelin was kinda mystical, The Who are kind of mods. You know, you just go right through. Everyone's kind of adopted their so-called persona or flavor if you will.

I knew the guys in the Allman Brothers way back in the day, before they were famous.

I'm not a guy who grew up in theater. I've always played in rock bands.

I'm a veteran of Ozzfest.

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.

Growing up, I was so inspired by front men like Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, and Kurt Cobain - real showmen that put on 'a performance' every time they walk out on stage - so it's important for me to feel like I deliver that.

Lilith Fair was a great experience for us the first time we played it. We were... not a new band, but a new band as far as mainstream kind of airplay or success.

When you see a Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty or Jackson Browne show, the impression you get is that you'd love to have a beer with them. That's the image they project.