John Corabi Quotes

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.

I won't join another band again.

We did three records in three years and I don't know how many world tours, and we were just in our early 20s. And then we imploded.

We always talked [with Andrew Ridgeley] about when it would happen - we always knew that I would go on to have a solo career.

After this many years of being a lead singer in a touring rock band, I've had my fair share of fun. But those days are long behind me.

When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.

I was in one bar band from 1965 to '69, then I was in another one from 1970 to '79 - a 9-year bar band!

I grew up with Al Jarreau. We had a band together and worked these places for three years when neither one of us knew we could make a living doing music.

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.

You can never rely on musicians. I quit high school at one point to make a go of it with this band and we kept breaking up. So I went back to school.

The thing is that I've known the guys from Motley Crue longer than just about everybody.

I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.

It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

Years ago when DNA was going on, I produced a record in Italy but I didn't think I'd do another one.

Shortly after that, we got management problems over in England, and Judas Priest asked me to join.

You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences.

If I'm honest, I thought Westlife would keep going for longer than it did - we all did - but it sort of came to a natural end. When we decided we were going to split, I thought, 'If I'm going to sing, I'm going to have to do it solo.' Also, financially I was broke, so the decision was ultimately made for me.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

I was going to record a solo album when I was 15 on a four-track. I started working on it, but then Fall Out Boy happened. The band was awesome and took me in a totally different direction. I don't regret it at all, but the band delayed the record I had been planning.

I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over.

I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album.

As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it was time to finish.