top of page
Quote_1.png
James Young

"You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell."

Standard 
 Customized
"You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell."

Exlpore more Country quotes

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I think it is wrong that we went against The U.N. and that we have alienated our allies and invaded a country that hasn't threatened us, that it is a pre-emptive strike."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"America is the most fertile ground of opportunity."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be!"

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Every citizen or subject of another country, while domiciled here, is within the allegiance and the protection, and consequently subject to the jurisdiction, of the United States."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I'll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y'know, just see where roads lead."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare."

Explore more quotes by James Young

Quote_1.png
James Young
"I don't quite have the energy for extra curricular activities. I have to pace myself a little bit more."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"So, maybe you don't see blues so much in Styx's music but it is definitely part of Tommy's early music."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"Being in the studio is okay but sitting in a room by yourself composing is a discipline that takes a certain type of mind set and Tommy has a great gift for that as did the previous guy."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"Being in a rock band is about touring. It's about writing songs and it's about making records but it's also about taking a wonderful smile onto that stage and making the people feel good about themselves."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"Sometimes that mantle is hard to adjust to wearing but we are at a stage that we are comfortable with it and we recognize how we are perceived and how the real core individual that each one of us has apart from the facade that the public believes that we are."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"Yes, indeed, in fact I would tell you that we go out of our way to be true to the original feeling and sort of sonic and musical pallet that we painted with back then."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"Seeing our VH-1 Behind the Music shows just how dysfunctional some of the moments of the band were but this new line-up has put the fun back in dysfunction."
Quote_1.png
James Young
"I don't know, I think the crowds are even more responsive now because the audiences are skewing younger."
bottom of page