Top 87 Quotes & Sayings by Dusty Hill - Page 2

Nothing feels comfortable in rock 'n' roll.

Being a three piece, maybe it's easier. You only have two other guys, musically, and everything else to contend with and work with.

I think everybody would admit that we've got a sense of humor.

Selling a million records used to be a big deal. I guess it's not anymore.

They say you look ten pounds heavier on TV, but it makes your beard look longer.

We can't figure out why any time we play in the East, the critics either ignore us or write a pretty bad review of the show.

Every album has its own character.

Country music, like rock or blues, can move over into a lot of different areas.

Some people unfortunately don't enjoy what they do at all for a living or whatever. That is unfortunate. We do always enjoy playing music.

It was the beginning of our second career. We certainly had a full career - 15 years at it - before it came out, but 'Eliminator' had a tremendous impact on us and the people who listen to us.

People got to know us from hearing us live because there wasn't much publicity or radio airplay for a long time.

Listen to really old blues guys and how they weren't allowed to sing about what they meant; they alluded to things. I find that style amusing, and I think it's a little harder to write.

I like the cold.

Today, there's so many different types of music out there that it's difficult to keep up. Things do change; it's only natural.

A lot of your rock people, even early, like Elvis, have always come from the South.

In each city there are different favorites. Whatever we do, we'll come off the stage and somebody will ask how come we didn't do 'Pearl Necklace.' At the next town, it's something else we didn't do that they wanted to hear.

When we were first approached with the idea to do videos, we said why not. We used the things that we do in our lives in the videos.

I'm living proof that Hepatitis C can be contained and that ZZ Top cannot.

We live for our concerts. We like a live appearance more than anything else about this business and it bothers us when we put so much into it and the critics bomb us.

They sent us the script of 'Back to the Future III' and we wrote 'Doubleback' for it.

The three of us being brought up, even though we didn't know each other in our early lives, on the same type of music, same type of environment, there's a lot of sameness there. It's three peas in a pod, if they'll fit.

The audience loves us! They buy out all our shows and really enjoy themselves but the press keeps right on bombin' us. We thought at first it was because our music was too Texan, maybe too different for East coast people to relate to. But anyone can relate to bein' drunk or missin' your woman.

Some thought it strange that we incorporated synthesizers in our music but the equipment was there so we just figured out a way to use it.

It's always important for us to record, so if we're not performing live, that's what we're doing.

People shouldn't knock the synthesizer. It's an aid, and it depends on how you use it, just like any other instrument.

If we found an ashtray in the studio, we'd try to play it and find a part for it in a song.

The videos have given us a younger audience. You know, our audience grew up with us until the videos, and they were beginning to get a little long in the tooth. Then the videos came along, and now we've recaptured the 16-year-old girls. The 16-year-old girls!