I have met so many of my idols - like Ray Charles, Brian Setzer - all these cats that are legendary musicians. If they had said to me, 'Hey man, I'm busy,' it would have crushed my soul.

Drake Bell

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With a good melody... music gets me through everything. by Drake Bell

With a good melody... music gets me through everything.

melody

I think my favorite thing is when people send me Instagram photos of people's yearbooks, and one guy will put "Are you calling me a liar?," and his friend will have "I ain't calling you a truther." And those are people's actual yearbook quotes. That's so amazing.

yearbook liars thinking

Most people spend their lives on their endeavors, and I get the privilege to have been doing this since I was five. I get to go play and have fun and entertain people.

play fun people

The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long.

fans night long

I don't really have a certain format that I go by. by Drake Bell

I don't really have a certain format that I go by.

format certain

I'm horrible at these things, 'cause I'm a horrible date.What's a good date? A nice dinner and a movie? I don't know. What are dates? An amusement park? What am I supposed to say? Hmm. I have no idea.

amusement nice ideas

The hardest thing about being famous? Just working I guess. Just... by Drake Bell

The hardest thing about being famous? Just working I guess. Just work. The famous part's the luxury.

being-famous luxury hardest

I grew up on Nickelodeon.On All That and Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Salute Your Shorts and Rocco's Modern Life and all that. That was my generation.

generations modern-life dark

It wasn't like a "I know I wanted to do this," I was sort of just - I was five and my dad kinda said hey, you wanna be an actor and I said sure.

hey dad actors

I like all like classic rock bands like The Beatles and The Who and stuff and Led Zeppelin so I kinda dress like that. Kinda retro I guess. Well not retro but, like tight. I don't know. Like just jeans and shirts. I don't know. Kinda rock and roll I guess.

jeans rock-and-roll rocks

Play every day. I don't know. I'm not sure what kind of advice I would give. You just have to do it every second that you can.

play advice giving

I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and just bang on the piano and write about what's going on in the world around me.

piano writing morning

I would like to work with Paul McCartney in the future. Or Brian Seltzer. But I guess like, like I said - I'm into The Strokes, like Ben Folds, Eliot Smith, the Beatles are my favorite, the Beach Boys, Queen.

queens boys beach

Hopefully I'll fit the television in there. Maybe it'll be like music and television and movies. I mean, who knows? But hopefully I can be successful at everything I do.

successful mean television

A normal day in my life - well right now it's kinda just like hang out and be lazy .I'm just kinda like enjoying my break, basic, what everybody does. Hang out in my pajamas and eat cereal and watch cartoons.

cereal lazy cartoon

The live audience, just getting an instant reaction off of an audience is the best part[of the show]. Being in the studio and working on your songs and listening to them back and doing all that - it's a lot of fun, but having that instant reaction and being able to work and vibe with an audience is the best part.

listening song fun

I love the atmosphere at the mall - everything about Christmas. I don't think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves.

atmosphere holiday thinking

I really like Caravan Palace's electro swing stuff. They incorporate the electronic, but when you see them live, they're all on stage playing live music. They're all playing their instruments. They drop these beats with the DJs that are so incredible.

live see you music

I don't want just 25-year-old girls watching my show. I want Grandma, Grandpa and Mom and Dad and the kids. I just want everyone to hear good music.

good dad music mom

I've been to a lot of places while touring, but I'd have to say S... by Drake Bell

I've been to a lot of places while touring, but I'd have to say Switzerland was my favorite.

favorite places say switzerland