Disable ads!

39 quotes by Randy Bachman

Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC OM (/ˈbækmən/; born September 27, 1943) is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s rock bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of Brave Belt with Chad Allan, Union and Ironhorse, and has recorded numerous solo albums. He is also a national radio personality on CBC Radio One, hosting the weekly music...
Read full biography of Randy Bachman →

The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.

0

Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that... →

0

My love, growing up on the Prairies, was country music.

0

I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

0

I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.

0

My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies.

0

When I was five I had violin lessons.

0

When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.

0

With The Guess Who, it took us fifty-something singles before we had hits.

0

You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.

0

I learnt one thing in the past or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself, and it has to come from within.

0

Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they... →

0

Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the... →

0
Add a quote!
Background photo by Giuliana