Quotes by Ben Romans

“We just want to inspire girls to have pillow fights and then drive to the beach and break up with their boyfriends!”

“What we were trying to do is make a really positive album with lots of different elements from different decades and do lots of different things. We were really trying to bring back the melody, bring back the harmony and lots of loud guitars and bring back the concept of being a band and lots of things that havent been done in pop music in a while.”

“And Elliot Easton of The Cars (who plays a guitar solo on the album) — were all huge Cars fans, and we asked,”

“A business man on Wall Street is going to wear a suit, Johnny Damon is going to put on his Red Sox jersey, and when we play we do the suit thing. The only thing we have to argue over is what color shirt were going to wear today.”

“Kiss changed my life, ... Paul Stanley came to our show last summer; then we went to their show. Somehow I ended up going to L.A., to Paul Stanleys house, to write Angel to You, Devil to Me, which is a track on our album.”

“Theres loud guitars, theres harmony, but even more importantly, this is a really positive album. I dont think were afraid to put a really happy album out there. Its a party in a package.”

“[This summer, theyre taking that party out on the road for their first big tour with the Backstreet Boys, where theyre being introduced to pyrotechnics (in the Backstreet show), and – what theyre most excited about – their first tour bus.] We just came from a minivan. Its pretty amazing to suddenly be sleeping and back here writing songs and up there watching TV, ... Its awesome.”

“I think the most important education you can get for writing, music, and creativity is live. You can learn the book, but at some point you have to put the book on the shelf and realize that imagination comes before logic.”

“I think it helped my creativity to be in a town that didnt have that influence. It helped the productivity to be in a place where there wasnt much structure. You had to make it happen for yourself.”

“Its an exciting time, ... I think at this point [getting the record out] is more relieving than anything. We finished it around Christmas, so a lot of people have been asking, Are you nervous? and Is there pressure? Im thinking right now its just going to be a relief, because from here on all we can do is just keep doing what were doing and let it unfold.”

“There are only a few things like music, entertainment, sports, politics that can stir emotions. Its a psychology. And I think [the young fans] just want to invest in something that has changed them somehow or in some way. At that age things are very exciting. And if theres something that helps them stay positive, theyre going to want to invest their time and energy in whatever it is that guides that emotion. In this case, its expressed in signs and t-shirts and a lot of enthusiasm.”