David Bryan Quotes

Part of being in a band is getting better.

You never stop trying to make progress as a musician.

I think that the only goals that we try to set for ourselves is to evolve musically.

I love music - really a lot. That's why I do it. But mine just never makes it, to me. There's always something wrong with it, something I want to change. But I like that, because at least it keeps me looking, trying to find ways I can improve, which obviously are a lot.

You're a constant student, as a musician.

To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.

I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.

I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.

I love what I do, and I think I've appreciated it more throughout the years, but just to keep on traveling, keep on doing shows, and hopefully making better albums. That's always my goal.

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

Making music, if you're a real musician, you carry on regardless in this world.

Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.

I just want to make the best music I can make.

As my guitar playing dwindled, something else in my music got better.

Whenever I've improved, gone up a level in sound-making, it's been because I've done an album.

Just trying to make my music as good as possible and to keep performing and just keep moving.

I was never chasing to make a career out of it, but every day after school, I'd go to my keyboard and play for four hours and make up songs. It was a constant part of my life.

When I started to make music I wasn't as serious at first.

All my albums are evolutions, one on top of the other.

A lot of people just love music, especially a lot of aspiring artists. They just want to jump in and start making music. They don't really take time to grow and appreciate the craft.

The music is the same if you go all the way back to the first albums I made or the middle or whatever. The thing that's different is the lyrics.

I don't want people to think that I think I'm this great drummer because, to me, I'm just a kid playing drums, and I love music.

I have done nothing my entire life but play music.