Nuno Bettencourt Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Nuno Bettencourt:
A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.
~Nuno Bettencourt
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As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people.
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I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that.
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I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way.
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There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it.
~Nuno Bettencourt
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Who needs fan mail when you have the Internet?
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I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it's got green in it. I don't know what the hell that was about.
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It's hard to know exactly what it sounds like to me. I'm in the studio and I write it. and that's it.
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Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way that they have, it's bound to sound different.
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Half the bands I guarantee wouldn't at this point want Nuno to open for them.
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I never record anything like a demo, I just go for it.
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My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles.
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I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.
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The touring part is really mixed. You love to play and you can't wait to go, but you don't want to leave.
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It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease.
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Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things in your life, as well as the hardest thing in your life.
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Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.
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I think I'm a music fan before anything else.
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When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you.
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As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it.
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Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.
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