Quotes from John Waite

I mean, I hate to say it, but I listen to Journey and think, 'Jesus Christ, that is just wrong.' That's why there will never be a Bad English reunion. It's for super white people listening to super white music.

I booked time in Philly Sound, which is an old church in south Philly that has a studio to the side of it that holds about 350 people. On the radio, we announced a free gig, bought about three kegs of beer. That got the audience slightly off of their legs, and we rocked the house.

If something feels right, then just do it.

You know, the European record labels always say, 'We want 12 songs and then we want bonus songs,' and you're going, 'What for? Why?' That's not a record.

Experience teaches you a few tricks, but energy is key. Its what keeps you pumped.

I think the Journey guys wanted to be back in Journey and I wanted to be back solo.

I realized I didn't want to make another solo record and I would be happier doing something that had more of a gang feel to it, more of a band thing.

My brother was the first in Lancaster to have a Fender Stratocaster.

Heavy metal these days is what I call wimpy.

In my world, I like everything stripped down, something that's really truthful.

Songs, and songwriting keeps me inspired, moving forward.

Flying is so miserable these days. You have to go through security, and get up at the crack of dawn.

But I'll never write another Missing You' again as long as I live. I hope that I'll write a good song, but I don't think that I'll be able to write another song that will reach people that much.

Rock n' roll is closest thing I've got to a spiritual power. It's been the higher voice in my life and it's never let me down.

I decided I couldn't ever again deal with the megabusiness end of the music business.

I think the stuff that's very spontaneous, not contrived at all, is the stuff that works.

You don't have to keep trying to sound like your last song. There's new things to do.

I was staring at a wall of photos and thought, 'What would that sound like if it was music?' And I guess that was the kicker. That's what got me going.

I ran out of steam and patience and so I quit. I really didn't want to make another record. I'd had it with the music business. I went home to England, bought a house and did nothing.

I don't know really, apart from Barnes & Noble, where you buy CDs anymore.

I find it incredibly annoying to just go out and sing the old stuff and write songs that sound like the old stuff.

You can't keep going back to Detroit because you're big in Detroit. You can go maybe once a year and sell it out because everybody loves you and looks forward to seeing you again. You can't go back twice in the same year.

I remember one day going in the studio to sing and then going to work with three separate songwriters before I came back in the studio. I was running on empty.

All the songs I've written, if they don't sound good on acoustic guitar, they won't sound good at 11.