The only thing that's better in a group versus being by yourself is the companionship. You have to do a lot of thing by yourself as a solo artist. But it's cool. It's worth it.
If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.
When I first went from a band situation to a solo situation, it was quite an adjustment to make. But after having done it for a number of years, it really feels good out there.
It's good fun, making a solo album, because there's perhaps songs that wouldn't get used for the Stones or any other kind of outfit that I'm working with. It's just nice to be the boss.
I like working solo and it was a lot of fun joking around with the audience, saying things. I'm only just learning how to do certain things.
You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.
I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.
Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.
I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.
Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.
Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.
I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.
My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.
I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.
Antonio Sanchez is from Mexico City. I met him at a Pat Metheny concert. He did a solo, and I thought, 'This is an octopus man!'
Life is like a song; there's a chorus you always come back to with a thrilling solo somewhere in the middle.
Quién pagaría una buena cantidad por una virginidad que no puede violar más tarde, aunque solo fuera para asegurarse de que era auténtica?
I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.