59 Quotes by Nuno Bettencourt

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    Even with Extreme, I don’t think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.

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    I am affected by what is around. I don’t think many people would admit that.

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    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.

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    I always imagine later on these songs I could’ve played with a band, but it never worked out that way.

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    I definitely get affected by new stuff. There’s a lot of older influences, but there’s also newer stuff too.

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    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.

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    I live in L.A., and whenever I get together with anybody to write, everybody is obsessed and fearful and wants to write a hit for everyone else. They wanna write a hit for Rihanna; they wanna write a hit for Katy Perry.

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