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Most of Broadway is based on a movie or a book. You don't see many original musicals.
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I've been through a lot of experiences in my life being in the biggest band in the world.
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It's really fun to just stretch out and not have any boundaries or just try something for the craft.
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The American Music Awards mean more to us; that's a people's award, and we're a people's band. The Grammys are the critics.
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We never do the same set twice... We play for at least two and a half hours, sometimes longer, so there's a lot of songs from all the records. And we know there's a stable we as fans would want to hear, so we always give them, then we change up a bunch of songs and throw in a couple new ones.
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Our job is to be performers and give everybody a great night where they can forget about their problems and the world's problems, because they're always going to be there. They were there since the beginning, and they're going to be there until the end.
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When I was growing up, I had more comedy albums than musical ones. George Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor - those were my main men.
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I'm going to stop when I'm 100. I put a limit on myself.
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We have to play 'Livin' on a Prayer,' 'Bad Medicine.' We have to play them, and we want to play them, and that's what we're supposed to do. It's like going to see The Beatles and them not playing your favorite song. It's not the right thing to do.
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In rock n' roll, there are notes that aren't like notes. They're something in between, and it's the way you scoop into it.
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I just wanted to release an album of piano music for music's sake. I'm not expecting to sell millions of albums. It's was just nice to be able to sit down at an acoustic piano and make some music.
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I know Mick Jagger wouldn’t tour without Keith Richards and call it the Rolling Stones.
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Why would we want to do an experimental album? That's just selfish.
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Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook.
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'Memphis' lives in me, and I'm bringing it around the world.
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When it comes to writing musicals, you write the best piece you can. Then, its destiny is in the hands of the actors and the director.
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Somehow, you need to cling to your optimism. Always look for the silver lining. Always look for the best in people. Try to see things through the eyes of a child. See the wonder in the simplest things. Never stop dreaming. Believe anything is possible.
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I'm a good Jewish boy from Edison, New Jersey, so I went and saw 'Fiddler on the Roof' because you have to: that's part of your bar mitzvah experience.
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Solos are like sex, so it's surprising to me that there aren't more guys playing them
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You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.
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We're a bar band, so we know all the bar songs.
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I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.
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Any honor is an honor. You can't really say which one is better than the next, but it's always wonderful when you're honored by your peers for your work.
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How do we keep it up? Because that's what we do; we're musicians, and we love to play and make music. And with every album, we get better, and with every tour, we get better.