A biography for Nuno Bettencourthasn’t been written yet.
“Nobody ever knows how big a song is going to be.”
“There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it.”
“As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people.”
“We'd tour for a year and a half and do an album and then tour for another year and a half and do another album. We thought we were invincible, but someone should have said, 'You guys need to take a little time off.'”
“With 'More Than Words,' we wrote that, so we are that. I'm just happy people can connect with any of our songs. If that song opened the floodgates for us to be able to tour the world over and over, how could I be unhappy with that?”
“Rihanna is so into rock, and she gives me an empty canvas to work with. I get to do wild solos and crunch up the rhythms. It's rock, it's R&B, it's hip-hop, it's funky - all totally up my alley.”
“What motivates us is always new music.”
“I never record anything like a demo, I just go for it.”
“When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you.”
“It's always flattering when someone covers a song. I mean, when you're a young band, and you're unsigned - to think that someday people would want to cover one of your songs - it's just mind-blowing.”
“Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.”
“I definitely get affected by new stuff. There's a lot of older influences, but there's also newer stuff too.”
“I come from a big family of musicians, so I was lucky enough to grow up with guitars all around the house. Even though I didn't really know much at the time, my brother had a Les Paul Goldtop, and my dad always had this Fender or some bizarre Pedulla-Orsini guitar.”
“We've never written anything to have success with it. We've written songs that we love.”
“Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things in your life, as well as the hardest thing in your life.”
“I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that.”
“Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way that they have, it's bound to sound different.”
“It's hard to know exactly what it sounds like to me. I'm in the studio and I write it. and that's it.”
“If you spend long enough with a bunch of guys, things will inevitably start to rankle. You're going to hate the way the singer comes into the room and opens the curtains 'cos he's done it too fast or whatever.”
“It's hard being in a band. It's hard being in a relationship like that. But at the end of the day, when you have great fans, as corny as that sounds, if the fans show up and the passion that they have, they're the ones that make us want to keep going.”