Brian Fallon Professions : Singer Born : January 28, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 59 quotes by Brian Fallon Why blow money on a tour bus when you could get your mom a nice dress? Brian Fallon dress you money mom I've never read 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe,' but his later works are about whether God is real. Brian Fallon lion never real god When you set out to carry on a tradition as deep rooted as folk music is, you've got to have your story together. You've got to study and have a foundation. Jeffrey Foucault has that foundation, and you can hear it in his voice, and feel it in his music. He's got an understanding that you don't hear that often. Brian Fallon you tradition music together You get a realisation at some point in your career that whatever it is you do, you can no longer continue to do it. You just realise you can't put out the same records forever. Brian Fallon whatever your you forever On the road, we watch 'The Mighty Boosh.' We have so many copies, we have them in different country codes. Brian Fallon watch road different country My friend Danny Clinch, who's a photographer, gave me a big, signed, numbered print of a photo he took of Eddie Vedder in Seattle. It's hung in my writing room where I have posters of writers that inspire me. They're all pointing at me. Tom Waits is like, 'Don't sell out!' Brian Fallon friend me writing inspire For me, there's no point in being an artist and putting yourself out there if you're not going to really put yourself out there. Brian Fallon yourself me you artist I had a five-year plan to get to 500-seat venues and tour by ourselves and fill a room everywhere we go. I figured we could make a living off that. As long as you buy nothing stupid, you'll be OK. Brian Fallon nothing you stupid long Fans look up to us, and that's creepy. Brian Fallon us look up fans The Gaslight Anthem is very streamlined. We don't usually use organs and strings and things like that. Brian Fallon things like strings use I never got a chance to do Tom Waits or PJ Harvey kind of stuff in the Gaslight Anthem. Brian Fallon got never chance kind We didn't invent this - this rock n' roll thing. Brian Fallon invent roll rock thing Major labels have always been around our band since the beginning, and we just waited. We knew we had to do some things, and we needed to grow as a band before we made that step. We needed to do it our way and not do it how it works for other people. Brian Fallon grow step beginning people You can learn a lot if you become a student of what's happening to you. Brian Fallon learn student become you There can be a wrong time - it's happened to countless bands where they release their first record on a major label and never learned what they maybe should have learned on an indie. Brian Fallon wrong never happened time Songs are like anything else - they dictate to you which ones go together and which ones don't. Brian Fallon go like you together Going out and trying new stuff on an audience is a scary thing. Brian Fallon going new audience trying Gaslight has a specific way of playing and recording that's sort of become the way now. Brian Fallon playing become now way There's no way I'm going to write for other people. Brian Fallon going write people way Similar Authors Bert McCracken singer Betty Carter singer Bing Crosby singer Brooke Allison singer Brook Benton singer Bruce Hornsby singer All Authors