22 Quotes by Chris Stein

It seemed to mean so much to other people, and it sort of rubbed off on me.

They wrote themselves out of the band history, as far as I'm concerned. They should have a little bit of honor. This is supposed to be rock 'n' roll. This is supposed to be friendly. This is like going through the trenches together.

They wrote themselves out of the band history, as far as I'm concerned.

It's nice. You meet some of your neighbors while you're there.

Being inducted seems to mean a lot to a lot of people, and by proxy that has sort of rubbed off on me. But it's not necessarily a mandate from the masses, so I don't know. We'll see.

A thing we always talk about in today's culture is that nobody is an outsider - everybody's kind of a hipster on the inside.

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

The vagaries of the industry and show business itself would not lead one to conclude a lengthy career - because things change. Popularities come and go. The tragedy of it is that somebody like Robin Williams should suffer from that, and be driven to commit suicide. If ever there was an untimely, unfair death, it was him.

CS: I always say there's a tribal element in a rock concert. There's a real back-and-forth thing that goes on between the audience and the performers.