“It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?” WantFirstsWellsMeanDoeAsksStarsRocksBandMusicianAsk MeRock N RollRock StarLivelihood Author:Eddie Van Halen
“I'm a professional singer. I have a theory that all actors want to be rock stars, and all rock stars want to be actors. I spent my whole school life forming boy bands.” WantWholeSchoolActorsStarsBoysRocksTheoryBandSingersRock StarSchool LifeBoy Bands Author:James Corden
“I don't think we ever sat down in the early days and said "hey lets be a band that wears make up". I think it was just natural for us. We grew up loving stuff like Alice Cooper, Kiss, The Misfits, and the more theatrical stuff. I always loved rock stars. I loved David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, and these people that were larger than life and iconic. I think that is what we always wanted to do.” PeopleThinkingSaidWantedStarsStuffNaturalRocksGrewBandKissingGrew UpHeySatRock StarTheatricalIconicMercuryMisfitsBowieLarger Than Life Author:Andy Biersack
“I started just concentrating on songwriting when I was abut 20; I'd been in rock bands six or seven years, kinda got that out of my system, I said, "ok, you ain't gonna be a rock star, you don't look like a rock star, it probably ain't gonna happen. So what you should do is write songs and maybe other people will do your songs."” PeopleShouldWritingYearsLooksSaidHappensSongStarsRocksBandSixSevenSongwritingSeven YearsRock StarConcentratingRock Bands Author:Billy Joel
“I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.” WayStillsPlayStarsRocksBandMy WayRock Star Author:Sunny Mabrey
“The stereotypical rock-star-trashing-a-hotel-room thing? Those days had passed by the time I was in a band big enough to do it.” EnoughBigsStarsRoomsRocksBandHotelRock StarHotel Rooms Author:Phil Collins
“I have to say that Dave's Grohl amazing too. You see all these interviews with him and he seems like the coolest and nicest guy on camera, but he really is when he's off too! I was fortunate enough to know him before he was a big rock star when I put out his very first band's album.” KnowsFirstsEnoughBigsSeemsGuyStarsRocksBandCamerasAlbumsFortunateInterviewsRock StarDave Author:Reed Mullin