A biography for Tony Kanalhasn’t been written yet.
“To be abundantly clear, No Doubt is four people, and that could never be recreated or replicated.”
“Think about being onstage playing these songs. I'm opening my personal life up to all these people. But I just can't get attached. I've got to separate myself from the music and lyrics.”
“For the first time ever we have our own buses. That's purely out of necessity because Gwen's got her nannies and the babies on her bus, and Tom has his wife and his nanny and baby, and Adrian his wife, nanny and their son.”
“For us, the music is the most important thing that we're doing. But we also like to give that energy to the crowd, because what they do is take it and give it right back to you.”
“The 'Beacon Street' record was kind of like a b-side to 'Tragic Kingdom,' but it came out before 'Tragic Kingdom,' so it's a weird situation.”
“One of the reasons this record took so long to come out is that we withstood a lot of pressures and we were unwilling to compromise on a lot of things. 'Tragic Kingdom' is a battleground. It was the outcome of three years of struggle.”
“Festivals have become so fan-friendly they make it so easy and comfortable for people and I think that's the most important thing.”
“We're from Anaheim, that's our stomping grounds, that's where we grew up. That's where we practiced in the garage, that's where we went to high school.”
“We had such a small budget making our first record, and the only way we could make it work was that the record company would find studio time in the middle of the night - literally, that was so cheap that we could afford to do it.”
“We've always found a muse for a record - something that's a unifying inspiration for the four of us.”
“I think we all realize that, if anyone left, it wouldn't be No Doubt.”
“We've gone through just as much stuff as any band. We just don't choose to sing about it. Well, maybe we do choose to sing about it.”
“Songwriting is such an intimate thing, and with people you don't normally write with, you're naked.”
“The interesting thing is that as soon as Gwen said, 'Let's go on the road,' we were all like, 'Let's go on the road!' Four adults turned into four giggly children.”
“We were on tour for 'Tragic Kingdom' for 28 months. We were going through the breakup, and in every interview we were talking about it so we were opening this wound on an hourly basis.”
“It's exciting because No Doubt has never played Rock in Rio before. It's actually an honor to be a part of such an iconic festival and the really cool thing is that the lineup is so diverse and it's got something for everyone.”
“Adrian has golf, Tom has surfing, Gwen has Gavin, I guess, and this is all I have - I wake, eat and sleep No Doubt.”
“It's always hard to talk about music and describe a song.”
“There was always a real camaraderie with No Doubt. It was always more than the music.”
“I'm not given the opportunity - nor do I want it - to write my own lyrics.”