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" We play anywhere around two, 2 hours, so we're always in shape, but you've got to get yourself in super shape so you can sing that long, play that long, and feel strong. "

David Bryan

Yourself

You

Strong

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" 'Memphis' lives in me, and I'm bringing it around the world. "

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" 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. "

" A musical is really one of the most complicated beasts. It's a play, and there's music... and there's dancing... it's unbelievably satisfying to get something up out of your brain onto a piece of paper ... and start the process and then see it on the stage. "

" It's really fun to just stretch out and not have any boundaries or just try something for the craft. "

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

" When I was growing up, there was hate. I looked around and saw that it was so wrong. I got to go round the world with my rock band, and you can bring harmony. "

" I think 'Slippery When Wet' was the turning point, where our records represent our energy that we do live. "

" I love my band. I love to play. I love to write. "

" Usually for the tour, there's about 80 songs in our brain. "

" 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. "

" A lot of my friends are doctors, and the difference between me and them is there's no musical emergencies to pull me away from dinner. 'I need the chords for that song right now!' No, it can wait. "

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

" We would say we would play every pay toilet and use our own change. Across America and across the world, we just kept going and going. "

" We've always been just an American rock n' roll band. "

" 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 don't like it when bands don't want to play that one song everybody wants to hear. I think that's cheating everybody, and I think it's selfish of an artist to do that. "

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

David Bryan

Write

Good

" There's no glamour in stupid mistakes. "

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

" 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. "

" It's so much fun to be on stage and play. It really is. "

" Before 'Memphis,' I had never considered working on a musical. But when Joe DiPietro sent me the script, I heard the entire score in my head. "

" Everybody in the world has problems, and the nice thing about entertainment is you get to forget about those problems and have a good time for a couple of hours. "

" 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 went to Temple Emanu-El, and my rabbi, Rabbi Landsberg, was a huge influence on me. When I was 7 and went to kindergarten, there he was, a young rabbi who didn't wear a yarmulke and rode a motorcycle. "

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Temple

Influence

" Why would we want to do an experimental album? That's just selfish. "

" 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. "

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Trumpet

Father

" 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. "

David Bryan

True

Remember

" 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. "