Mike McCready Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Mike McCready:
I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.
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I have lived most my life with chronic inflammation and constant pain with immediate diarrhea.
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There are some people who have stayed with us our whole career, which is pretty cool too.
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My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.
~Mike McCready
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But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.
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The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.
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I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course, and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them.
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There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.
~Mike McCready
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It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme.
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I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.
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And watching Ed, he's really coming into his own doing some new things onstage I've never seen him do. He's really getting into it, putting 120 percent into the show. We feel comfortable and excited.
~Mike McCready
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I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.
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At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us.
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It's extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.
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It's always push and pull with a record company.
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Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.
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My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.
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Some people are still not into us. That makes sense. We haven't really done a lot of press. We haven't put ourselves out there in ways that a lot of people would know we are still around. Unless you tour or record, they don't know you are around.
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At this point, because we have stayed the same course for so many years, I feel like we are freer to make choices that are motivated by what feels right creatively at a given point in time.
~Mike McCready
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I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
~Mike McCready
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I have to eat in a way that's good for me.
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That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. We also give it 120 percent.
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