Gerald Caiafa quotes

There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself. (Gerald Caiafa)
Look at all the Misfits products that came out. We never made a dime off it. View quote
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If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level. View quote
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The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll. View quote
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It's time to start really writing some stuff, and I really wanted to write some stuff in the vein of the original Misfits, and this was really the first step in that direction. View quote
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We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed. View quote
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Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for the pursuit of having a good time. View quote
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If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our future's ahead and not behind. View quote
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My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can. View quote
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Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of the Beatles statistics. View quote
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It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that. (Gerald Caiafa)
We got dragged through a system and got burned by crooked lawyers, and the list goes on and on. View quote
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Don't buy the bootlegs, save your stuff, everything's coming back out. View quote
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We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite. View quote
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I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family. View quote
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We're gonna try and bring on all the different aspects of horror movie making and bring on guests and show all these old '50's B movies. Not the real corny ones, the real cool ones. View quote
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The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and buy a CD and then 10 kids can burn them. So you have to really be on your toes. View quote
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I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie. View quote
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The Misfits pretty much funds the Misfits. It used to cost me money to be in the band. I think we got paid the last gig we ever did. After that, we had to work to support our families. View quote
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Gerald Caiafa

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: April 21, 1959
Quotes count: 19