I’ve never been bored in my life, man. I’ve never been bored or lonely. Are you kidding? No way! I’m an orchestrator, a musician, a producer. I love everything. I’ve studied languages from Farsi to Greek to French, Swedish, Russian… How can you get bored? Quincy Jones

A New Jersey-based quintet calling themselves Bon Jovi signed to Phonogram’s Mercury records, They had also been considering the name Johnny Electric. The group has since sold over 130 million records worldwide and performed more than 2,600 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans.

People paid money for tickets to see us and be entertained by us, and we’ve  never forgotten that. Anything after that was a bonus. Malcolm Young

George Harrison knocked Paul McCartney from the top of the US singles chart with ‘Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth’. This was his second US No.1.

Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who’s connected with it, the studio’s gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that’s left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago. Tom Waits

David Bowie and Mick Jagger recorded a version of the Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 1964 hit ‘Dancing In The Street’ for the forthcoming Live Aid fundraising event. The single went on to become the No.1 UK hit. The original plan was to perform a track together live, with Bowie performing at Wembley Stadium and…

We’re just a real dirty band. We’re raw, and we’re rough. None of us are top-scale, top-line musicians. But I tell you what, you get your top-line musicians and see if they can entertain like us. Garth Brooks

The Eagles started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their fourth studio album ‘One Of These Nights’. The album which became their breakthrough album released three US Top 10 singles, ‘Lyin’ Eyes’, (which won a Grammy), ‘Take It To The Limit’ and the title track.

I don’t know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film ‘Annie Hall,’ but it is, in a way, to Los Angeles and ‘Hollywood’ what ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ is to many musicians. Henry Rollins

Aerosmith became the first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet. “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their first and only number-one single in their home country. The song stayed at number one for four…