Chris Stein Quotes (14 Quotes)

It's a continuation. It feels like we were in the studio for 16 years. It was bottled up and this album was an outpouring.

In the early days, I often felt that I was taking a math test when we were playing. It was a profound feeling of having to prove myself.

Being inducted seems to mean a lot to a lot of people, and by proxy that has sort of rubbed off on me. But it's not necessarily a mandate from the masses, so I don't know. We'll see.

Those guys were kind of out of the picture a long time ago. We've been working with the new band members for like eight years.

They wrote themselves out of the band history, as far as I'm concerned. They should have a little bit of honor. This is supposed to be rock 'n' roll. This is supposed to be friendly. This is like going through the trenches together.

We're a pop art band. Not a pop band.

It seemed to mean so much to other people, and it sort of rubbed off on me.

It means a lot to everybody outside of the business, so much that it's come to mean more to us. It's sort of an insider music thing, not really a mandate of the people. But it's nice to be in there with all of my heroes.

The reason I brought this is if I ran into those (expletives). They sued us ... (so) they should have a bit of honor.

I would call this urban folk music.

As far as I'm concerned, the feud is kind of old business.

Debbie was accused of being too overtly sexual and now the standards are different. Times have changed.

Most of the bands that have regrouped or reformed didn't ring true for me. It smacks of cashing in. We wanted to become a band again and make a new record, ... It's unfair to fans and musicians to just release reissues.

Our fans come from a wide age group. At our shows, the kids are down in the front and the bald guys are in the back. They're all interested and curious.