David Bryan Quotes

David Bryan

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 7, 1962

We keep trying to get better - constantly working at it. We love to tour. I love to play in front of people. You sit there, and everybody's smiling, and you're smiling. It's a good time.

David Bryan

Glass and wearable technology is an example of another step in consumer-facing innovation that will change how we share the music experience with our fans in the future.

David Bryan

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

David Bryan

I'm going to stop when I'm 100. I put a limit on myself.

David Bryan

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.

David Bryan

My muse has always been the piano.

David Bryan

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.

David Bryan

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

David Bryan

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.

David Bryan

We've been here since 1983 as a band.

David Bryan

When we get on stage, naturally, you just get out there and work it as hard as you humanly possibly can do it.

David Bryan

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

David Bryan

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.

David Bryan

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.

David Bryan

We love to make records, and we love to tour.

David Bryan

One of the greatest things about our band is that we bring the American dream to the world. Here's a bunch of kids that were living in nowhere New Jersey, and we made it through a lot of practice and a lot of work and a lot of luck. It shows the world, 'If we did it, you can do it.'

David Bryan

Any honor is an honor. You can't really say which one is better than the next, but it's always wonderful when you're honored by your peers for your work.

David Bryan

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.

David Bryan

I love the Memphis sound. When I was 16-and-a-half, with my driver's permit, I was playing New Jersey clubs in a 10-piece band; we had a horn section and would play great, great songs like 'Hold On! I'm Comin'' and 'Knock on Wood' and 'Midnight Hour.'

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