Simple Plan Quotes

Canada,
1999

Simple Plan is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec. Since its formation in 1999, the band's lineup has consisted of lead vocalist Pierre Bouvier, lead guitarist Jeff Stinco, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Sébastien Lefebvre, bassist and backing vocalist David Desrosiers, and drummer Chuck Comeau. The band has released five studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls (2002), Still Not Getting Any... (2004), Simple Plan (2008), Get Your Heart On! (2011), and Taking One for the Team (2016). The band has also released an EP titled Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming! (2013), in addition to two live albums: Live in Japan 2002 (2003) and MTV Hard Rock Live (2005).

My job is to allow myself to be free. I go up on stage and I have to find the inner wild rock-star guy and let him out. That's what I get paid to do, and when I think about it, it's pretty mind-blowing. I don't have a quota I have to meet, I don't have a deadline - well, I have deadlines but they're loose - and I can be myself at the highest level.

Pierre Bouvier Simple Plan
- Job
- Deadlines
- Quota
I can’t afford to be tap-dancing between dynamics in the songs. So when I switch on the clean on the same amp, with the same guitar and start strumming something, it’s the sound I want to hear.

Sébastien Lefebvre Simple Plan
- Sound
- Hear
- Dynamics

I’ve come to realize that the playing and the guitar/pickup combination are what you need to pay attention to when looking for that type of sound.

Sébastien Lefebvre Simple Plan
- Sound
- Guitar
- Combination
You can look cool and work hard, but that won’t be enough. People will get into your coolness once they like the song. That’s when people want to find out more about an artist.

Sébastien Lefebvre Simple Plan
- Song
- Work Hard
- Coolness
When we did our first album, we carved out a sound for ourselves that was uplifting musically, melodically, but with lyrics that were deeply touching and at times sad. We figured out it was the lane we've carved out for ourselves and decided to keep going with what we've accomplished.

Pierre Bouvier Simple Plan
- Sound
- Accomplished
- Lane
Every collaborator, everyone that is a songwriter, has ideas that are mediocre.

Pierre Bouvier Simple Plan
I think a lot of times in our adult lives, we either block out or straight-up forget about the challenges of being a kid. We know it's all going to work out, but when you're a kid in that moment, it feels like the whole world is coming down on you. I'm going to try to look back and remember that when my kids get in those situations.

Pierre Bouvier Simple Plan
- Kids
- Moment
- Challenges
We are big fans of happy music and stuff like that.

Sébastien Lefebvre Simple Plan
- Music
- Happy
- Fans