Robert James Ritchi Quotes
-
As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids.
-
If people had good albums, they'd be buying albums. But people are buying singles because they only have good songs.
-
Bringing people together is one of my favorite things... I believed that's what a rock 'n' roll Jesus would really do - bring people together through music.
-
Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it.
-
On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.
-
All girls want to be sexy.
-
Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.
-
Going out hanging out with the troops, and you know it's kind of all summed up in the TV show, I don't what else I can say about it. It's a great thing to do, something I'm definitely proud of.
-
I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.
-
Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.
-
Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.
-
My past is a bit checkered.
-
Knowing so many people like myself who are singers and in traveling bands, the people you're in a relationship with feel slighted because they feel you're giving all your energy to your fans, and there's a lot of truth to that.
-
I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.
-
I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.
-
My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows.
-
Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo.
-
Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you.
-
I always believed it would happen and stuck to my guns.
-
I am an avid hunter and marksman, and I will not hesitate to shoot anyone who has myself or family in fear for our lives.
-
The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power.
-
I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.
-
I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn.
-
Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.