Words matter. These are the best Robin Zander Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
It’s rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me.
We’ve been around, and we’ve stayed around, and we go out, and people still enjoy listening to us, and we still sell a lot of tickets, so what do I got to complain about? Nothing.
Some people ask why we bother to make new music, but we still love doing it.
I’m a casual F1 racing fan. I’m probably more of a stock car, NASCAR guy.
I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, ‘Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.’ That felt pretty good.
Everybody has a country side to them, as I do.
I always liked that about bands like the Beatles. They could be so touching at one moment and then ‘Helter Skelter’ the next.
We keep some distance between ourselves when we’re not working. I think that’s a really good thing.
We’re from Rockford, Illinois, but we’ve always thought international.
I was a young boy. A stock car guy used to live across the street from us. He’d work on his car, and both of my older brothers became gearheads.
We’ve always been kind of an underground band in a way that had the respect of our peers on the road. I like to say we’re the world’s most famous opening act because we’ve opened for every huge band on the planet.
I’d say it’s harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you.
Nobody forced me to look any way. I just exaggerated what was already there.
I hope the best for anybody in this business. It’s hard enough as it is, and of course you don’t get much respect from anybody, but when you do, you should appreciate it.
Early on, I was into David Bowie. Then someone in the band suggested I try a Bryan Ferry type of thing. That’s when I started wearing three-piece suits. It wasn’t unnatural for me.
Each record is sort of like a brand new baby, where it’s your favorite thing at that moment in time.
After all these years, I still get nervous in front of people. I can’t help it. I just, you know, I want it to be a good show, and I want people to get their money’s worth.
I think all of our records are a progression of some sort.
I’m a chameleon. That’s my personality in the band.
Country music is worldwide – it’s not just Nashville and Texas.
