The Knack Quotes
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All great music does that. It doesn't sound like it came from a particular time. It's not dated. It's classic in the sense of its style.
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We never paid to play, but we never got paid either, except for the very last set of gigs we did at The Starwood. We finally got paid. It was a Christmas weekend. We got paid fairly well I remember. The place was packed, but that was the only time we made a dime.
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Oh, we've always been received really, really well there. Extremely well.
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For us, we were a "live" band making music that was basically "live" music. There was no need for us to do it longer. We were ready to make a record. And we play and sing at the same time. We didn't do a lot of overdubs. Berton played his lead guitar part. We can play, that's the other thing. The band is actually fairly competent on their instruments.
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I don't know the reason for that particular band's fortune or lack of it. But, in our case, I think it's the music that we make and made is timeless. It may remind you of the time you heard it.
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Well, I don't know how widespread the popularity is. We enjoy popularity because the music is good and because it has stood the test of time. Twenty seven years later, you're still wanting to talk to me.
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I've become really good friends with Ringo and he also has expressed admiration for the first album and the drumming on the first album. I remember back in the day, Bruce our drummer met him and he asked for Knack buttons for his kids. So, it was pretty cool.
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We're appreciated by fans because of the level of our craft. The songs speak to them in a personal way. And they do it in an artful (way) and honest way. That's why. But, I think that's true of anything that stands the test of time as our music has. And it also proves that the critics are wrong. In a great sense, it proves how short sighted and how prejudice critics generally are, or their taste rather than for what the quality of the music really is.
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We gave interviews to radio. We did not give press interviews, or very few.
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To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.
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We release records, but we just make distribution deals. We have our own label. Everything online. The worldwide web has changed most everything.
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Our first and second albums, that was our set.
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It's the first time we've been over there in a long time. We were very successful in Japan. It was one of our most successful markets.
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When you gonna give it to me?
