Top 33 Drake Bell Quotes

I love ‘Drake and Josh.’ It’s supposed to have a demographic of ages 9-14, but really, it’s 9-84. There is no demographic.

I love ‘Airplane,’ the ‘Naked Gun’ films; everything the Zucker brothers have done is just awesome.

My mom was a championship pool player.

Rufus Wainwright is my go-to for any kind of emotion. He’s got songs for all of it.

I used to go to San Diego all the time to hang out. My cousin played for the San Diego Padres, and my brother lives down there. I love going to the zoo and walking around Old Town.

My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of ‘Jailhouse Rock’ and all the Elvis movies.

I’ve been to a lot of places while touring, but I’d have to say Switzerland was my favorite.

I was raised on Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly and discovered the Stray Cats when I was 11 or 12 years old.

My fans are all pretty cool, you know; I’ve never really seen anybody fighting on Twitter, no death threats, no harsh language, no gay slurs, nothing like that.

My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats.

I would rather be on stage playing to 25 people with a band I love and the music I love than learning dance moves I don’t want to do for 25,000 people.

Dealing with sketch comedy and buddy teams like Abbott and Costello, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby – I just loved buddy comedies.

Paul McCartney would be the end all, be all. To work with Paul would just be amazing.

I can remember just learning to walk and trying to dance like Elvis and sing like Elvis, so I was very, very passionate about music at a very young age.

I don’t want just 25-year-old girls watching my show. I want Grandma, Grandpa and Mom and Dad and the kids. I just want everyone to hear good music.

My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

I grew up on Jerry Lewis and Abbot and Costello, the Marx Brothers.

If I catch one of my fans saying something improper, a gay slur or any derogatory term, I instantly tweet directly at them and say, ‘This isn’t how we do it.’

I really, really love what I do, and there’s nothing I love more than getting on stage and playing for an audience or working on a part, getting in front of the camera, and meeting all the cool people I get to meet, and going all the cool places I get to go.

I would say that I’m more than just a teeny-bopper artist… that my music can appeal to people of all ages.

The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long.

I love the atmosphere at the mall – everything about Christmas. I don’t think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves.

I grew up on oldies like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and The Who.

If you look back to a picture of me when I was 12 years old, you will probably see me in a leather jacket trying to look like Elvis!

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

I think my music speaks for itself – it backs me up.

I love Christmas. I’m totally the ‘decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super-early’ guy.

I really like Caravan Palace’s electro swing stuff. They incorporate the electronic, but when you see them live, they’re all on stage playing live music. They’re all playing their instruments. They drop these beats with the DJs that are so incredible.

I was scrolling through my Twitter feed one day, and somebody had tweeted me a picture of Justin Bieber that had been Photoshopped with makeup or something. And I thought it was funny and so I hit retweet – I just retweeted a tweet – and all of a sudden, the remarks were coming in.

Leslie Nielsen was my favorite growing up; getting to work with him was amazing.

With a good melody… music gets me through everything.

‘Drake and Josh’ was strictly nine to five. We’d go in and know what we were doing, and ‘Superhero Movie’ was just nuttiness every day because there’s a joke every ten seconds.

I’m nervous the first few songs, and then I’m like, ‘I got this audience. I’m ready!’