Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Tony Kanal - Page 2

So, I went to see No Doubt play on March 14, 1987 at the show at Fender's Ballroom in Long Beach, California. A week later I tried out and I joined the band and that was obviously a completely incredible thing for me and a life changing moment.

Just by default, because I don't have kids on my bus, I'm putting the studio on my bus. Where everybody else is doing their cribs on their bus, I'll have a little studio, so I'm going to invite my bandmates, on days off, to come and keep writing so we can continue the creative process and keep it going through the tour.

For the first time ever we have our own buses. That's purely out of necessity because Gwen's got her nannies and the babies on her bus, and Tom has his wife and his nanny and baby, and Adrian his wife, nanny and their son.

I think we all realize that, if anyone left, it wouldn't be No Doubt.

I think if there's one thing that the history of No Doubt has afforded us, it's our opportunity to go and do different creative things, and I think we would be remiss not to explore different avenues.

If your fans are comfortable, then people are going to be stoked to be there.

For any band to stay together for 10 years proves that something is correct with the chemistry involved in all four of us.

I don't see us as being part of that 90s revival. We were always a band, even when we weren't playing together.

The one thing I'll say about Dreamcar and the music we've created is that we never set out to do anything specific.

As far as scalping goes, I don't think you'll ever be able to eliminate it.

I always say this: I don't listen to stuff I've worked on when I'm driving in the car.

We've always found a muse for a record - something that's a unifying inspiration for the four of us.

You don't get that opportunity often to press the reset button, get in a studio, and just be free and creative. I think that's such a special thing to happen.

I knew we would eventually get back together, but I don't think any of us really knew when it was going to happen. It had to be a situation where all four of us felt like it was time. It's just too personal and too big, with too much history, to do any other way.

It's a different world now. You look out there and you can see so many people filming with their cameras nowadays. I can go on YouTube and see last night's show if I want to. It's out there.

On No Doubt's second visit to Paisley Park, sometime around 1999, we were working on a song with Prince called Waiting Room,' which would later be released on our Rock Steady album.

I think going through some of the hard times makes you appreciate it even more when things are going well. It makes you realise how fortunate you are and not to take things for granted.

One of the most important things you need when you're doing big shows, like Rock in Rio, is consistency, and that starts with the sound in your ears. If it isn't just right, it throws you off and makes it hard to focus on the music and the performance.

There's no way to escape who we are.

We're from Anaheim, that's our stomping grounds, that's where we grew up. That's where we practiced in the garage, that's where we went to high school.

As you get older, you're just smarter.

The interesting thing is that as soon as Gwen said, 'Let's go on the road,' we were all like, 'Let's go on the road!' Four adults turned into four giggly children.

Festivals have become so fan-friendly they make it so easy and comfortable for people and I think that's the most important thing.

It's not We're an awesome band.' The bottom line is, we're just very fortunate.

We're not the kind of band that writes very well on the road.

I think Gwen, in her lyrics, always touches on personal subject matter.

We would say, OK, the B section isn't good enough, let's rewrite that,' until we felt the song was great.

We kind of expected it - the lead singer always gets a lot of attention and a female always gets a lot of attention - but we didn't expect it to be as intense as it was.

We're getting older and we can't party like we used to.

When we started, we were in a van and looking for change under the seats so we could buy food. We went from that to having a hit and getting to do things like make music videos with million-dollar budgets.

One of the best things about being in a band for so long and having any level of success is the opportunity to go and play in different creative sandboxes.

We travel with two personal trainers.

We know how fickle the music industry is and that you have to focus on the things you can control-writing songs and playing music.

We want to sound modern, but we're still influenced by ska, reggae and Eighties U.K. bands.

Gwen is someone that girls can look up to and feel like they know. She is very Everygirl.

If the audience is bringing it, it always goes up 10 notches.

Stick out the bad times because there's always good times coming up. When you come out on the other side, it's amazing.

We were having so much fun that once we were through each day, Tom, Gwen, and I would go, 'OK, let's go out and join all our friends at a dance club now.' And we would do this daily - go out and have a few drinks and dance the night away and at the end of the night go, 'OK, I'll see ya tomorrow at two o'clock, let's do it again.'

We make hotels keep their gyms open late so we can work out.

It's honestly all about the audience and if they're having a good time.