I'd say that 98 percent of the bands we've played with through the years have either broken up or are stuck in some kind of '80s revival now. David Bryan More Quotes by David Bryan More Quotes From David Bryan I think, bad times, I sit down and I play - there's definitely certain songs that touch in certain ways. I go back to 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven; that usually takes care of everything. David Bryan down think bad-times care On stage with the band, your destiny lies in your own hands. David Bryan your own destiny hands 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 think selfish song cheating 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. David Bryan best you destiny hands The American Music Awards mean more to us; that's a people's award, and we're a people's band. The Grammys are the critics. David Bryan award awards music people We've always been just an American rock n' roll band. David Bryan rock american always band When I was growing up, I had more comedy albums than musical ones. George Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor - those were my main men. David Bryan more comedy growing-up men 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 temple me motorcycle influence The wild thing is that when I'm in the band, I can control my destiny with four other guys. As a composer sitting in the audience, you can throw good vibes at everybody, but you can't control anybody's destiny, so it's really unsettling. David Bryan good you vibes destiny I love my band. I love to play. I love to write. David Bryan write band play love When you're on tour with the band, it's a different mentality. You don't sightsee because you're making sure you can do the show. But in musicals, I don't have to sing or play: I just have to use my brain, and the rest of the time, I'm free. David Bryan rest you brain time I remember that poster of Led Zeppelin with the plane. I had it on my wall when I was a kid. I thought that was the coolest. It amazes me that it came true. David Bryan true thought me remember Most of Broadway is based on a movie or a book. You don't see many original musicals. David Bryan original see you book I've been playing piano since I was 7. I took 15 years of lessons. I've got a lot of miles on these hands. David Bryan playing piano hands years When I'm writing Broadway, it's for a character, a man, a woman, an old guy, a kid. In the band, you're talking in your own voice in the lyrics, saying what you think or feel. On Broadway, you're expressing that through a character. David Bryan woman you man character Every time you're on stage, you look out at a packed house, people all the way up to the top, people having a blast, everybody forgetting about the world for a couple hours. That's a special thing. David Bryan look you time people 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. David Bryan boy good you experience Some I want to see just for curiosity. But no, I don't really rush out to see a bunch of musicals. David Bryan some see curiosity want A musical is really one of the most complicated beasts. It's a play, and there's music... and there's dancing... it's unbelievably satisfying to get something up out of your brain onto a piece of paper ... and start the process and then see it on the stage. David Bryan your start music brain Most theatre people and composers are like research hounds. David Bryan like theatre research people
