Duran Duran Quotes
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The five of us don't know how to exist in any other way. We are an ambitious bunch, I guess.
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From doing Power Station, it was like, it's the same guys, but it doesn't sound like them. When we were in Duran, the labels and management wanted more Duran stuff so they could sell it.
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Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.
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We felt if we didn't have new material in us and we didn't have a real reason to exist, then we probably wouldn't have done an 80's revival thing. We are very conscious about the fact that's what we are as a bunch of people.
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It was great fun. We had gone on tour in between the sessions and reconnected with the audience and got a lot of energy back from them, a lot of positive energy.
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Everybody was on the same page. Nobody has really gone out there on a different musical journey. When we got back together again, we all wanted to do the same kind of music.
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I think maybe my attention span is too long to tweet.
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When you don't have a record label and you have been on your own as we have, you can look at all these other ways you can get in touch with other people and get music out there again.
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I'm not a snob. Ask anybody-well, anybody who matters.
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If you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones. People love coming to see them. They are it, they are the most definitive rock n roll band ever.
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I still love music - that's never gonna go away.
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Melodic songs that people can relate to has always been our thing.
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That was the whole point in forming a band. Girls. Absolutely gorgeous girls.
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It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money.
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I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.
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Those were the days, you know. It's an English thing; as soon as it's gets to 6 pm, you have to go and have a drink. We used to stick to that religiously.
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This is a very screwed-up business. Record labels don't sign a lot of bands these days. We just want to find a home and stay there and make records and do our thing and not have to look over our shoulder.
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You want to have stability in the commercial aspect of your operation.
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You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.
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I feel sorry for the '90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the '80s.
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Complaining doesn't make a difference; it's useless and it's wasted energy.
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To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.
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Having a studio at home is like having a gym at home - sometimes you're just better off going out.
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My kids love vinyl, I had to teach them how to put the needle on the records. Now they're worried about scratching the records, but it's incredible!