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" I remember that poster of Led Zeppelin with the plane. I had it on my wall when I was a kid. I thought that was the coolest. It amazes me that it came true. "

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" We're a bar band, so we know all the bar songs. "

" Every time you're on stage, you look out at a packed house, people all the way up to the top, people having a blast, everybody forgetting about the world for a couple hours. That's a special thing. "

" I remember, when I was very young and going to the Fillmore East and watching three of my favorite bands in one night, I'd want a hit. I want to hear the songs that brought them to that pinnacle of success. "

" I've been through a lot of experiences in my life being in the biggest band in the world. "

" We don't want to just be known for what we did. We want to be known for what we do and what we did. We've been highly productive since 2000 when 'Crush' came out. "

" 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. "

" We've been here since 1983 as a band. "

" I'd say that 98 percent of the bands we've played with through the years have either broken up or are stuck in some kind of '80s revival now. "

" I'm going to stop when I'm 100. I put a limit on myself. "

" I think, bad times, I sit down and I play - there's definitely certain songs that touch in certain ways. I go back to 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven; that usually takes care of everything. "

" 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. "

" It's a sense of pride, a sense of you set out to get a record deal, and we got that. We set out to get a No. 1 record, and then we got that. Then you say, 'Wow, that was impossible and now even more impossible is to stay No. 1 and stay current and put out new records that people care about,' and we really stuck to that. "

" Most of Broadway is based on a movie or a book. You don't see many original musicals. "

" Whether you're black or white, you're a human - and that's what matters. "

" You start out with your eyes wide open, and you've got dreams, and we worked really, really hard, and ours came true. So - and we're fortunate enough to keep putting out number one records, and we're fortunate enough to get out there and keep playing, and we truly have a blast. "

" Glass and wearable technology is an example of another step in consumer-facing innovation that will change how we share the music experience with our fans in the future. "

" The wild thing is that when I'm in the band, I can control my destiny with four other guys. As a composer sitting in the audience, you can throw good vibes at everybody, but you can't control anybody's destiny, so it's really unsettling. "

" Most theatre people and composers are like research hounds. "

" I think, at the end of the day, we're Americans: that's what we are, and we believe in America. "

" We thought the hardest thing in the world was to get a record deal, then the hardest was to get a No. 1 record, and then the hardest thing is to stay at the top. It's a lot of work. "

" I'm in a very successful band. We all love each other. It ain't ever breaking up. I also have a terrific hobby that became a full-time job. My only problem? There's not enough time to sleep in my world. "

" 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. "

" The Broadway run of 'Memphis' has been like going to the moon. It was so great to actually open at the Shubert Theatre and then amazing to be nominated for eight Tonys and attend all the luncheons and events. "

" We've always been a band of the people, and we will always remain a band of the people. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every time we do a new record, we do the best we can. For us, every record is stepping into the ring with another heavyweight champion. "

" On stage with the band, your destiny lies in your own hands. "

" I just write the way I feel, and if it feels good to me, hopefully everybody likes it. "

" My father was a very big musical influence on me. He was a trumpet player. And that's what I started with. Then, when I was 7, my parents introduced me to the piano. "