25 Nuno Bettencourt Quotes for You to Enjoy

Nuno Bettencourt

Portuguese Musician

Born: Sep 20, 1966

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I come from a big family of musicians, so I was lucky enough to grow up with guitars all around the house. Even though I didn't really know much at the time, my brother had a Les Paul Goldtop, and my dad always had this Fender or some bizarre Pedulla-Orsini guitar. Nuno Bettencourt

Time Family Musicians Guitar Big Enough Though Bizarre Guitars Brother All-Around Some Had Come Know House Around Always Big Family Fender Up Paul Much Really Les Lucky Even Dad Grow Grow Up

It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease. Nuno Bettencourt

Songs Major Bunch Cure Trying Disease Any Just

As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it. Nuno Bettencourt

You Out Put Get Much

You've got to love someone enough to hate them. Nuno Bettencourt

Love You Hate Enough Someone Got To Love Them

With any success, there will always be a little bit of a negative. Nuno Bettencourt

Success Negative Will Bit Always Any Little Little Bit

We were never the cool band to like. They tried to put us into a hair-metal thing, but we weren't really Warrant or Poison. We were always outside the box. I think we had a little niche that nobody had - maybe the funkiness had something to do with it. Nuno Bettencourt

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. Nuno Bettencourt

You Song Writing Changes Lyrics Melody Facets Part Studio Put Go Sitting Where Clothing Room Then Sentiments Your Two

My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles. Nuno Bettencourt

Writing Band Project Angeles Los Los Angeles Current Rehearsing Population Playing

It's hard to know exactly what it sounds like to me. I'm in the studio and I write it. and that's it. Nuno Bettencourt

Me Exactly Exactly What Write Studio Like Know Sounds Hard

I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it's got green in it. I don't know what the hell that was about. Nuno Bettencourt

Me You Light Black Black And White White Hell See About Know Got Green Wanted Really Whole Album

I think I'm a music fan before anything else. Nuno Bettencourt

Music Before Think Else Fan Anything Anything Else

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

Band Later Way Out Never Songs Always Worked Played Imagine

Half the bands I guarantee wouldn't at this point want Nuno to open for them. Nuno Bettencourt

Half Point Open Bands Want Them Guarantee

As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people. Nuno Bettencourt

People Writing Three Think Everyday Everyday People Record Touring Studio Opposed Years Lot Going Representative Then Album

While you're learning guitar, figure out the drums, too. Not only does it help you have great timing, but it helps you understand how a band works. Nuno Bettencourt

Great You Learning Guitar Band Timing Too Out Only Drums Understand Does How While Figure Help Works Helps

There is nothing wrong about being a rock n' roll guitar player. Nuno Bettencourt

Guitar Nothing Guitar Player About Wrong Rock Rock-N-Roll Roll Being Player

If you spend long enough with a bunch of guys, things will inevitably start to rankle. You're going to hate the way the singer comes into the room and opens the curtains 'cos he's done it too fast or whatever. Nuno Bettencourt

In the U.K., we always had a special relationship with the audiences because it wasn't 'More Than Words' that broke us: it was 'Get The Funk Out' that broke first. That was what we had always dreamed of. Nuno Bettencourt

Relationship Words First Broke Out Dreamed More Had Because Always Audiences Than Get Us Special Funk

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. Nuno Bettencourt

Together Live Everybody Else Everyone Everyone Else Rihanna Fearful Write Obsessed Perry Hit Get Get Together Anybody Whenever Wanna Wants Katy Perry

I'm sad for younger bands that don't have a home that they know they can go to, like the twenty-five labels that used to be around that they know they can hang their hat and know that they'll give 'em three, four, five albums to develop. Nuno Bettencourt

Sad Home Three Hat Give Develop Like Know Around Go Labels Five Bands Hang Younger Used Twenty-Five Four Albums

We've never written anything to have success with it. We've written songs that we love. Nuno Bettencourt

Success Love Never Songs Written Anything

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