Quotes About Music

We were interested in making a long career out of this, rather than being 'Canada's Newest Hitmakers.' It seems to work, and it trickles down to every aspect of the band.

A lot of Canadians don't like Celine Dion, but I love her.

For me, candlelit is the only way to have a dinner. There are always candles at my table. And I like to have Luis Miguel playing in the background.

'Black Watch' has taken its place in the canon of Scottish theatre, and that's fantastic. It's a very particular kind of theatre. It's about the music, the movement, the whole 'event' of it.

There are reasons why musical relationships are magical and those same reasons are sometimes why they cant last.

No, I never envisioned the band lasting this long. But then again, I cant envision next week, even though I have a schedule.

Laurel Canyon area music is legendary.

We sing popular songs and show it can be done a cappella. It's fun music.

I was in an a cappella group in high school.

To go on the road and listen to people sing a cappella - thousands of them - I couldn't do that.

Christmas and a cappella - what we learned really, really well is that they go extremely well together.

Uh, I think so many things have happened in the mainstream that definitely brought awareness and attention to a cappella. The 'Pitch Perfect' movies, 'The Sing-Off' - I mean, the college a cappella scene definitely has become really hot, which is definitely wonderful.

A cappella music has always been around. It's such an old form.

I know a lot of people think a cappella is this cutesy, kind of novel thing.

The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.

Actually, the year 2000 is our 25th anniversary of doing Captain & Tennille. I can't believe it. It's like, how is this possible?

My first album was The Doobie Brothers... 'Captain and Me.' You always remember your first!

It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records.

It captures a lot of the spirit of the '50s.

I still haven't been able to capture the joy of what it's like when I sing - you know, when I'm by myself, or like when I was a little kid.

Nothing could capture the sound of Dick Dale - he was too loud.

Like, music and songs, what we do, we can capture history as artists, so that's what I really try to do.

Usually my records are made trying to capture the essence of a band playing in a room.

The album is always definitely the goal, because I think that albums are like captures and bookmarks. After five or six of them, you can always go back and be like, 'Well, what was his first?'... I think an album really gives you a chance to make people feel something.