Todd Rundgren

“Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take.”

“I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.”

“New ideas are always resisted. And the bigger the idea, the more the resistance.”

“The whole point of collaboration is that you give and take from each other, and that's how you create things that are totally new.”

“I'm a musician. I'm not a celebrity. I'm not a rock star. I'm a musician.”

“I learned how to do everything because I had to. I had to be a producer and a writer and a singer and a guitar player.”

“My audience is my primary concern, and I’m not going to change my show for anybody.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not a person who looks back. I'm always looking forward.”

“Technology is a tool, and it should be used to make things better.”

“You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer.”

“I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a serious message, I would probably be a painter or a sculptor.”

“I'm always trying to do things that I've never done before.”

“I don't make records for critics. I make records for my fans.”

“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”

“I don't think music is my career. I think it's my hobby.”