The Beatles, the Small Faces and the Kinks were great bands, but that was in the '60s. Gavin Rossdale More Quotes by Gavin Rossdale More Quotes From Gavin Rossdale If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens. Gavin Rossdale down-andmagictrying For the sound we produce, everybody is equally important. Each of us has a very different personality and that is what keeps Bush alive. Gavin Rossdale importantpersonalitysound I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think. Gavin Rossdale musicianhard-workthinking I was in rock music in London when it was the height of Brit pop, with The Kinks revival and Suede and Blur and Oasis, and all of those really great bands that were of a certain style. If I'd really been smart and commercially minded, I would have just got myself a blazer and some Stay Press and some Fred Perry tops, and just gone out and tried to do it like everyone else. Instead, I did this ridiculous thing of trying to do this music. Gavin Rossdale oasisrockssmart I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience. Gavin Rossdale reactionsi-want-youneeds Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration. Gavin Rossdale inspirationbooklooks Well, I'm English, so it's intimidating to step anywhere. I used to be painfully shy. I wouldn't say that I'm painfully shy anymore. But if I have the option of sitting on the edge of a circle, I will. Gavin Rossdale circlesshysitting Most people who are on the road are pretty damaged. It's an escapist's life. It's not a life that forces you to look in the mirror at where you're at and what you're doing. It's one where you leave the mirror behind. I think that appeals to something in all of us. On the open road, all of your regrets are out the window. Gavin Rossdale regretmirrorsthinking I love what I'm doing most of the time, but it's hard work. People only see your albums in the charts. They see us at award shows and after-show parties. They don't know about your doubts, the hard work that goes in. Gavin Rossdale awardspartyhard-work Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented! Gavin Rossdale bobblowway I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his. Gavin Rossdale herorunningsex It goes without saying that what a girl goes through, boys could not even comprehend. If we get the flu, we need a week. We're idiots. But what was the most powerful realization to me was, how do single mothers with a low income cope? I can't complain about my dumb life. That's what was most revelatory to me. Gavin Rossdale girlpowerfulmother Every time I try to disown that concept for myself, which is a really healthy perspective, they bring it back all the time. It's so serious and so real and so tangible that you don't want to taint it with anything other than the thing itself. I was tickled pink with my very zen self, walking around saying that I made a record because I wanted to make a record. That's so beautiful. It's like a haiku poem. That takes away all the tension and the expectation. I just want to try to do something interesting. Gavin Rossdale realselfbeautiful There's nothing worse than someone coming up to me and going Oh God, I really love your hair. Gavin Rossdale praiselove-youhair Women are part of the reason for washing and keeping clean, aren't they? Gavin Rossdale washingcleanreason It's like a relay race of being ignored. It is really challenging, but whenever I get asked that stuff, I feel really self-conscious about it. I feel really lucky because we have a lot of help. When I first began to be a dad with Gwen [Stefani], I was amazed at what she went through. Gavin Rossdale dadraceself The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich. Gavin Rossdale couplefeetthinking It's so natural you just fall into it and you find your way. It's terrifying and exciting, and brilliant. Gavin Rossdale brilliantwayfall The person I love would never wear fur. Fur just makes me think of shallow women who have no conscience. The fur industry belongs to a time when people were selfish beyond belief. If you were some ancient tribal cheiftain, and there was not a department store nearby 350 years ago, I'd understand. But now, we have synthetic fibers,and it's not necessary. The elitism of fur makes me wanna puke. Gavin Rossdale selfishyearsthinking Somehow, something is always suffering. Someone is always losing out somehow. If you pick one kid up, you're not picking the other one up. You just try to minimize those small let-downs because, in a way, life is a series of let-downs from everyone, all the time. We don't mean it, but it happens. So, I just try to minimize that and spread them wide. Gavin Rossdale sufferingmeankids
