Brian Fallon

“Gaslight has a specific way of playing and recording that's sort of become the way now.”

“I'm not really into the numbers game of, like, what position our record is. But you find out at the end, you know? You're like 'Oh, all right! That's good!' We had a Number Three record. That's crazy! What's that about? That's exciting to me! I think that's good.”

“You just have to know your story from the beginning. You have to know what you're going for and be honest with people about that. Don't sit there and say you're gonna be a DIY punk band for your whole life and then move on to arenas; you can't do that because then people don't trust you anymore.”

“I had a five-year plan to get to 500-seat venues and tour by ourselves and fill a room everywhere we go. I figured we could make a living off that. As long as you buy nothing stupid, you'll be OK.”

“I'm one of those people who, even if I'm invited somewhere, I still kinda feel like I'm not supposed to be there.”

“I can't sit still for long and need creative outlets and think you should try different things. I mean, if you're a musician all of your life, you gotta try different things. I really believe you can have it all.”

“Everyone always says, 'We don't want to be pigeonholed.' But sometimes, your pigeonhole is a great place to be.”

“The Clash will always be from London, and we will always be from New Jersey. But New Jersey doesn't create us.”

“We come from that school where we don't believe we're different from you, and it's insulting to me on some kind of weird level that musicians are put on a pedestal.”

“You can learn a lot if you become a student of what's happening to you.”

“When you finish a record, I look at it like a photograph. It's already taken. You got it the way you wanted it to be. You edit it, make sure the light and contrast are right, then you just put it away, and that's your photograph. Then you don't really think about it anymore.”

“I was never a fan of open tunings, because some people will do that and fumble around. But that's not my jam.”

“When you're older, you realize a little bit more hard truths. You are who you are. And the people that like you, they like you for being you.”

“I don't have a 'Born to Run' in me.”

“If you're just making a record to pay the bills, that's not a great idea because chances are it might not come out that good.”

“I spend my money on cars. That's why I have a Challenger. It's a muscle car, like a Mustang. It's big and rumbly.”

“It's always Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Waits for me - the big three.”

“Why blow money on a tour bus when you could get your mom a nice dress?”

“I don't like it when people spout about the popular opinion just to make it louder.”

“On the road, we watch 'The Mighty Boosh.' We have so many copies, we have them in different country codes.”