Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" It's actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don't like me. "

Related Quotes:

" When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food. "

" Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting. "

" I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if you get to that point where you can't hold a drumstick properly, there are many other things in life which are far more important, like cutting a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese. "

" I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about well crafted pop songs, they were fantastic. "

" Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted. "

" I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody. "

" On the day of the show, I sit down with someone that speaks very good English and someone who speaks the local language very well and work out what I'm going to say. "

" I'm usually going to make a record, finish a record, start a record or start a tour or between tours. "

" The difference between the American version of 'Live Aid' and the British one - in England, if you wanted a cup of tea, you made it yourself. If you wanted a sandwich, you bought it. In typical American style, at the American concert, there were laminated tour passes and champagne and caviar. "

" You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing. "

" If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have got me into the studio... although Herbie Hancock has just been in touch about doing something and that would be an interesting combination. "

" I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies. "

" Each thing leapfrogs. I do a Genesis project - like now, we're just finishing off an album - and then by the time the album is doing its thing, I could do nothing or I could do a film. "

" As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour. "

" It's not often that an English drummer gets an Oscar. So I'm very, very proud of that. "

" I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me. "

" Originally, I thought the story of the Alamo was all these men defending their liberty when they could have left, knowing they were going to die. That's without a doubt what appealed to me, the romance and the nobility. But, as in life, the more you dig the more you find out that things weren't quite like that. "

" When I was five or six, I started dressing up like Davy Crockett. "

" And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right. "

" I never said I was at the Alamo. Someone else said I was at the Alamo. Now I'm a nutter. I don't think that's fair. "

" I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class. "

" I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life. "

" There were 'big stars' at the Alamo! Bowie, Crockett! It is a huge political event because it, and the events at Goliad and San Jacinto, changed the look of a map of America. America would be a very different place if Texas had remained Mexican. "

" I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better. "

Make A Difference

" I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before. "

" I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet. "

" Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. "

" 'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens. "

" I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely. "

" I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit. "