When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the things around you for your inspiration. ~ Lenny Kravitz

You're asking me to choose between two children, the one that pays more and the one that I secretly love more. With the acting, it's somebody else's brainchild, and I'm just sort of helping flesh it out; with the music, there's a special satisfaction to being the brains behind the operation. ~ Tenacious D

I didn't make that much money... Once I joined Bruce (Springsteen), I took a huge pay cut. ~ Steven Van Zandt, CNN, 2/22/06

I thrive on being on the road, waking up in a different place every day and having my life revolve around music. When you walk out in front of 300,000 people and pull it off, it validates you. ~ Sheryl Crow

There's just certain styles of playing that you do play in your own way. Maybe it's in the way your fingers bend, for all I know. And so whenever you pick up the guitar it's not so much the sound of the instrument itself, it's like the ting that you add onto it--the attitude. ~ Keith Richards, Rockers, Jazzbos & Visionaries

I always felt rock & roll was very, very wholesome music. ~ Aretha Franklin

I hope one day people don't look at women like they're out of their minds when they want to pick up an instrument and play. And I think we're getting a lot closer to that. ~ Joan Jett

I'm grateful for the road. It gets me in shape. I feel like I'm 25 years old after ther first or second week. ~ Steve Tyler, USA Today, 3/26/04

My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a two and up." We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them. ~ James Brown

Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig. ~ Steven Van Zandt, A.V.Club, 6/7/06