Gerry Beckley quotes

At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London. (Gerry Beckley)
It's what everyone is after, I mean they want success and when they get it it's an incredible pressure but what you have to do is try to keep the big picture in view. View quote
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Also in Norah Jones, now there's a voice that sounds and I don't mean disrespect but sounds a hundred years old that sounds incredibly experienced. It's just an exciting time. View quote
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When people say, Your music was the music of the Seventies, I say, So was discoteque. The Seventies was also the highest peak of heavy metal. Pick a genre - they were all alive. View quote
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I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age... but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound. View quote
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The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me. View quote
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The reward is every night. The 90 minutes is such a payoff for us every night; it makes it all worth it to us. The fans who come to the shows know how much we enjoy this. View quote
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If anyone asks me about the George Martin years I usually say I group all of that stuff together as the single greatest experience but I wasn't scared I was just really looking forward to it. View quote
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I feel pretty confident in my own ability. View quote
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The first year with the success that we had and let me point out that the time frame changes depending on which decade you look at it. In the seventies acts were kind of expected to do an album a year. If you look at the Beatles they were doing three a year. View quote
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Our friends in the group Chicago, they just numbered theirs and we thought that was kind of neat but it made continuity from album to album and that was our way of doing it. (Gerry Beckley)
I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells three million and it's considered a failure and they're dropped and that's really a shame. View quote
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Every decade has its ABBA; that's the proof that pop will always be around. View quote
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Gerry Beckley

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Photo: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: September 12, 1952
Quotes count: 13