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" We started out a long time ago, and we've managed to just keep writing current songs and have No. 1 current records. "

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" The American Music Awards mean more to us; that's a people's award, and we're a people's band. The Grammys are the critics. "

" 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 grew up as one of the few Jews in Edison, and I had people tell me they hated me because of my religion. "

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

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

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

" When I'm playing in the band, I'm sweating - giving 120 percent. "

" 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. "

" I'm a good Jewish boy from Edison, New Jersey, so I went and saw 'Fiddler on the Roof' because you have to: that's part of your bar mitzvah experience. "

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

" 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. "

" How do we keep it up? Because that's what we do; we're musicians, and we love to play and make music. And with every album, we get better, and with every tour, we get better. "

" When I'm writing Broadway, it's for a character, a man, a woman, an old guy, a kid. In the band, you're talking in your own voice in the lyrics, saying what you think or feel. On Broadway, you're expressing that through a character. "

" There's no glamour in stupid mistakes. "

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

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

" 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. "

" We never do the same set twice... We play for at least two and a half hours, sometimes longer, so there's a lot of songs from all the records. And we know there's a stable we as fans would want to hear, so we always give them, then we change up a bunch of songs and throw in a couple new ones. "

" 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. "

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

" I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience. "

" I don't find writing for the theater that different from writing a rock song. "

" We really earned our keep by going door to door, going to every town, playing in every club. "

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

" Our job is to be performers and give everybody a great night where they can forget about their problems and the world's problems, because they're always going to be there. They were there since the beginning, and they're going to be there until the end. "

" 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. "

" There's trials and tribulations in a band. "

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