Tony Kanal

“I think back on it now and even though Gwen and I were living through a tough time with the breakup, as creative partners, that took precedence in our lives. Even though we were going through this really emotional stuff, which obviously ended out coming out in the music, we managed to stay really close and be creative partners through all of that.”

“We've had those experiences as a band and you fast forward to just the crazy rock 'n' roll nights, where you'd try to outlast each other and see who could drink the most. Fast forward to now and it really is amazing and nice how family-friendly Vegas has become.”

“We were teens in the Eighties, and that's the kind of music that we all grew up on. When you're in those really formative years, from, like, 13 to 19, what you listen to is so influential, and I think that's just part of our being now.”

“We love Eighties music.”

“I'm not that familiar with bhangra or Bollywood music. Maybe it's just a reaction that kids have, that you don't really listen to stuff your parents listened to. I didn't think it was cool.”

“As you get older, you're just smarter.”

“I remember writing Sunday Morning' and Gwen wasn't feeling well that day and I had an acoustic guitar and I started singing, Somebody is feeling quite ill ' and that became Sunday Morning.'”

“We know how fickle the public and the music industry is.”

“What it boils down to is the vibe of the audience. If they're having a good time, we're having a good time. We feed off them.”

“You don't have to be singing songs about angst and pain to be credible.”

“It's a different world now. You look out there and you can see so many people filming with their cameras nowadays. I can go on YouTube and see last night's show if I want to. It's out there.”

“I think going through some of the hard times makes you appreciate it even more when things are going well. It makes you realise how fortunate you are and not to take things for granted.”

“We're getting older and we can't party like we used to.”

“We make hotels keep their gyms open late so we can work out.”

“I knew we would eventually get back together, but I don't think any of us really knew when it was going to happen. It had to be a situation where all four of us felt like it was time. It's just too personal and too big, with too much history, to do any other way.”

“We got to live though the record industry in its heyday.”

“This may be our 15 minutes of fame, so we're going to enjoy it while it lasts.”

“Just the fact that that song was 'Just a Girl,' people are going to focus on Gwen. They're going to focus on Gwen because she is the lead singer; because the first single that we released was 'Just a Girl,' and it is very autobiographical; and because she is who she is. And she is the kind of person that people like to focus on.”

“One of the best things about being in a band for so long and having any level of success is the opportunity to go and play in different creative sandboxes.”

“We judge everything we do by the Clash and U2.”