David Bryan Quotes

David Bryan

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 7, 1962

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

David Bryan

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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In times of joy and sorrow, love or hate, peace and unrest, music has always been an important outlet for expressing our emotions individually and as a nation.

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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.

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People ask me, 'Is there pressure to win a Tony for your next one?' I've got three on my mantelpiece; I'm good. If that's the end of the story, I'm fine.

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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.

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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.

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I think growing up in the shadow of New York shaped me for life. Hey, you come from Jersey, you get used to being dumped on by the big city.

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

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

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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.

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