Brian Fallon Quotes

I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.

If you go to Hollywood, you've already sold out.

I would urge all bands that say they only care about credibility and don't care about money to send Gene Simmons every dollar that they don't want. I'd be happy to take it off them.

Truth is, I've always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

There's something undeniably oxymoronic about a 'successful' rock n' roll band. Who wants to hear a bunch of success stories whining about their success? More importantly, what can be the drive behind a band, what can they have to rage against when they are successes? That's a dichotomy every successful band wrestles with.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

I've got an overly developed sense of what selling out is, and I of course worry about it too much.

Woodstock was the antithesis of what the music industry turned into. And if anyone tries to tie another Woodstock festival to an obnoxious sponsor, I'll be out protesting again.

They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?

You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system.

I don't steal things. I'm rich.

Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime.

I'm really fed up with all the credibility talk. A lot of times it seems to be more important than the music. Well, I guess for a lot of people it actually is. We don't care for credibility.

I think that I have sold out sometimes.

The whole 'sell out' word to me is such a tired, tired word.

Since I became part of the zeitgeist, I've been called a sellout many times.

It is impossible to deny that dishonest men often grow rich and famous, becoming powerful in their parish or in parliament. Their portraits grace shop windows; and they live and die respected. This success is theirs; yet it is not the success which a noble soul will envy.

All you need is money, endurance, and powerful friends. And the more money the better.

All I've got to say is if I'm a sellout, I'm selling out arenas all over the world, and I'd rather be selling out arenas than selling out of my trunk on the corner of my block.

I'm never gonna sell my soul or violate myself for no amount of dollars or fame.

I'd rather be a poor singer/songwriter doing what I love than get rich from selling my soul.

It's really weird how the rock world is quickly becoming like the jazz world. How if you do OK, or get a tiny bit of success, that's considered a sellout, whether you did anything different or not.

I never wanted to lose who I am, my character or my integrity for the sake of Hollywood.