Stevie Jackson Quotes

I gravitated towards Jim Ward, because I knew he was totally into the work aspect of being in a band.

I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.

It's hard being in a band. It's hard being in a relationship like that. But at the end of the day, when you have great fans, as corny as that sounds, if the fans show up and the passion that they have, they're the ones that make us want to keep going.

Above and beyond anything, we didn't have lives outside of the band.

When you're in a band, you're all in it together. You're always available. You're always available for the albums; you're always available for the tours. There's no question of that.

If we weren't in this band, some of us wouldn't be playing at all. You have tiffs with someone when he has smelly feet in the touring van, but we all respect each other as friends first.

Nightwish is my band, and so is Revamp. They both get my 100 percent, which is why I also cannot do them both at the same time. They're both my babies.

I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school.

Nothing is harder than working with an actor who doesn't take it seriously or show up in the same way that you are.

I love my band - they are the best out there, and I wouldn't want to perform with anyone else.

It really comes down to Mick. He's the one who was constantly trying to get these five people in one room together. This is his love, his baby. It's his band, and there's nothing more he loves to do than get up on stage and play with us.

My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we all pull together, and it's fun. It's like being on a sports team or something.

I'm not a huge practicer, which is probably not a good thing because my band definitely needs to practice.

All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together.

There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.

In 1956, I began playing in a band with Boz Scaggs.

For us, all we care about is maintaining what we do as a band.

I'm a team player who needs to work a lot and sacrifice myself for the success of the group.

I write songs, but the guys play on them, they have opinions on them, and we tour together and spend all our time together.

When I'm playing in the band, I'm sweating - giving 120 percent.

Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him.

I really enjoy being with the people I play with. I enjoy their company. I love the crew, the band - we just move through the country like an army. I always feel very grateful to be up there. There aren't any bad nights anymore unless I'm singing bad, but then the band will carry me. And if they're playing bad, I will carry them..

I wanted to trust in my partners and the directors and producers and do the best I can to deliver what I could deliver.

I care about being able to play. If you're playing with integrity in the music, then that's what matters. But it wasn't that great for me because it was kinda like going back into the old times without the guy.

I think me and Kristen Bell are going to start a band. It's called Kung-Fu Professor.