Gavin Rossdale Quotes

I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.

If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

For the sound we produce, everybody is equally important. Each of us has a very different personality and that is what keeps Bush alive.

Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo.

The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.

Being real is what is important.

I am really addicted to music.

I don't see myself as the boss. I sing and write the songs, and it would feel strange if somebody else wrote the lyrics I sang.

I love seeing the fans of the music that I make.

In a band that works out well, everybody has a certain role to fulfill.

Any reaction is better than none.

There's nothing worse than someone coming up to me and going Oh God, I really love your hair.

Women are part of the reason for washing and keeping clean, aren't they?

Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.

It's so natural you just fall into it and you find your way. It's terrifying and exciting, and brilliant.

I'd love a drug that was good for you, I was thinking about ecstacy with Vitamin B.

I'm just thrilled and kind of honored that I still get the chance to do what I love, because that really is the definition of success.

I always work hard to have a very close connection to the fans.

I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.

It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.

As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.

Who doesn't love Game of Thrones? Sons of Anarchy is funny and thug-ish. I love Shameless. I just sit with my hat tipped, waiting for something to happen, more than going out after the shows.

I can make no apologies for following my heart.

Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.

But it is really, really fun to just change it up some and to absolutely be a very small spoke on a big wheel, and to just be a part of that and contribute to something that people can enjoy.

A happy wife is a happy life.