Quotes from Gavin Rossdale

The Beatles, the Small Faces and the Kinks were great bands, but that was in the '60s.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.

If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.

I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his.

I think it's pretty normal that there are a lot of people out there who don't like us.

As much as we all love playing live, it's not normal to be on the road all the time, to have no home.

We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic.

In a band that works out well, everybody has a certain role to fulfill.

I always work hard to have a very close connection to the fans.

Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.

It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.

I am really addicted to music.

Only the guys who never made it and will never make it in the U.S. need to put up the front that they don't care about America.

Lyrics are really important for me.

I can make no apologies for following my heart.