Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Dustin Diamond

If we could sell 100,000 units every album, that would rock. We'd have a big cult following, we'd have a built-in fanbase so we could pretty much play anywhere, people would show up and rock out.

I'm not a big radio guy, I don't listen to whatever is the hip new thing.

Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground.

I'm the guy who will eat something that looks nice when I'm out, but when I take it home in a doggie bag, it'll sit in the back of my refrigerator until it starts to move.

We don't know what we're writing until it just comes out. We don't sit around crunching numbers.

Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do.

You see people who are 19 or 20 years old and they don't even know who The Who is. It's like, where have you been? Justin Timberlake? C'mon. Where are the roots?

I don't expect that we're going to become the biggest craze. If it happened, I'd be really shocked. I think people will dig it, but there will be a sea of people who just don't get it.

I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower.

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music.

I don't think you can ever make enough to be set for life. Well, I guess there are limits. In the billions, I guess.

All these child stars grow up and they're knockin' over banks and getting prostitutes. I'm, like, one of the only people I know that has managed to dodge all of that negative crap.

Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen.

This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone.

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

I don't know who's worse with little boys, Mario or Michael Jackson.

I've been in this business so long, it just doesn't faze me. I know what's going to happen before it happens.

The Britney Spears fans aren't going to dig us.

I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed.

There are a lot of girls that will try to hook up with you, then try to have your kid because they figure they're going to get all this money from you.

Eat some pizza, play some Xbox, watch some TV. Gross? Maybe. Me? Yes.

If I ever went, I'd want to go peacefully in my sleep. I wouldn't want to plan my own death.

I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.

It pisses me off, people are idiots, but what are you going to do? The world is full of idiots. That's why we'll never have flying cars. People don't know how to drive

I've been blessed to have done different roles, but I don't think people see me as funny.

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music

Usually people in the acting business end up both in front of and behind the camera. Working for so long in the business, I know how it works. It's not too much of a challenge; the challenge is making it all come together, being in charge of a huge team of people that you trust.

There's people that figure if they hang out with you, all of a sudden they're going to be successes. I've had two or three stalkers in my life

I don't really go back over my old shows, but I'll see them occasionally, mostly I want to go back and change things about the character as I look at them.

Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell they're doing. They may tell you around the dining room table that you're funny and you should be an actor, but until you challenge yourself by getting on a stage or in front of a camera, that's when your knowledge of the craft separates you from the pretenders.

There are a lot of girls that will try to hook up with you, then try to have your kid because they figure they're going to get all this money from you

Stand-up in general is the most raw form of entertainment. There is no pyrotechnics or back-up dancers, it's just live and die by your jokes, that's it.

Just do exactly what it is that makes you want to do what you do. The stuff I listen to in my private collection, it's what moves me, makes me want to play. I want to make other people feel like I feel when I listen to that music. Whether other people like it or criticize it - even if there's only 10 people on the planet that love it, you're touching 10 people that way.

If we could sell 100,000 units every album, that would rock. We'd have a big cult following, we'd have a built-in fanbase so we could pretty much play anywhere, people would show up and rock out

We don't know what we're writing until it just comes out. We don't sit around crunching numbers

Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time.

There probably is a lot of music that no one's ever gonna hear. For anyone doing music, just do exactly what it is that makes you want to do it. If you like listening to odd, strange, bizarre noise and that makes you want to create it, do it. Even if everyone around you tells you it's crap or thinks it won't work, someone out there is going to appreciate it.

I don't see many people with longevity anymore. Everything was harder when I started, and you had to take acting lessons, do theater parts, work on connections and then get lucky. The technology is good, but it's also a hindrance for longevity.

Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do

These days, everyone is a writer, producer and movie star. You post something on the web, get enough hits, and suddenly you have TV show.