Chamberlin Quotes & Sayings

The big difference between TV and theater is that you get to do a new play every week, so it's quite challenging, but it keeps you fresh. There's never any fear of getting stale in your performance. — Kevin Chamberlin

You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, so it would be my honor to take you out. I understand if you have someone else in mind for such occasions, but I promise you, I would merely like a chance to get to know you, maybe make a friend. — Lindsay Chamberlin

If you put the right things out there the right things will happen. — Jimmy Chamberlin

The only reaction Alexis could express to his response was: Mine. She pulled his neck lower, eager to feel his lips on hers, his warm mouth entwined with hers. He stroked her hunger with each brush of their lips, his body now laying on hers, kissing her until she wasn't sure which way was up or down. Only, it didn't stop with a kiss. Alexis knew it would never again stop with just a kiss. — Lindsay Chamberlin

Sea breeze on her face, sun caressing her skin, Alexis couldn't help but feel at peace. The beach was her sanctuary. — Lindsay Chamberlin

All he wants to do is practice and that's all he does, all day long. That's what it takes if you want to change the face of music. You've gotta be committed to it. — Jimmy Chamberlin

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there that I didn't understand until recently, but I told him that if I ever did a record I wanted him to play on it. — Jimmy Chamberlin

It is an honour and a privilege to play music for a living, and I don't take it for granted, not even for a second. — Jimmy Chamberlin

What's left to lean together with, longing against, when life's outlines get swept away?
- Imru'l-Qays — Ann Chamberlin

I left the Pumpkins in 2010, and I just took a year off to hang with my family and be with my daughter and my son and my wife, and just get acclimatised to being off the road. Then I started looking at what was going to be the next part of my career/legacy, whatever you want to call it. — Jimmy Chamberlin

She didn't know why she was so attracted to this stranger, like a moth to the flame, but it scared her. — Lindsay Chamberlin

She had never felt so relieved to say something that had torn her apart at the seams. — Lindsay Chamberlin

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band. — Jimmy Chamberlin

When I auditioned for 'Jessie,' I knew that Disney Channel basically will do 100 episodes of a show if it's a hit; they'll stick with something. It's a great network to work with because they make a nice big commitment to a show. — Kevin Chamberlin

In many ways, home is an image for the power of stories. With both, we need to live in them if they are to take hold, and we need to stand back from them if we are to understand their power — J. Edward Chamberlin

Defending yourself is not the same as offending your enemy. Watch what you say. — Holly Chamberlin

Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its head around. Do we even need record companies any more? — Jimmy Chamberlin

I always wanted to be in this role, as a songwriter. In the Pumpkins, it was always impossible because Corgan would wake up and write five songs. He was so prolific, there wasn't a lot of room for anyone else. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Female curiosity. Women like to know the stories of their friends' lives. Women like to understand — Holly Chamberlin

We don't get the Tony gift basket anymore. You used to get incredible swag - there was like $5,000 worth of stuff. I remember getting an MP3 player, gift certificates to restaurants, a three-year gym membership. — Kevin Chamberlin

How many can honestly say that they never fell in love with someone else along the way, someone they didn't pursue because they'd made a vow to stay with their spouse? How many would say they regretted that choice? — Holly Chamberlin

I know, and if you don't kiss me in the next few seconds, I might have to force myself onto you, Alexis said breathlessly. His eyes were pulling her under with each new wave of emotion, and if he didn't relieve her of those oncoming waves with a bit of sensual CPR, she knew she would drown with the need. — Lindsay Chamberlin

People just expect you to show up, be a cartoon character of yourself, take your money and go home. But don't screw up to the point where you're gonna be out of the picture. — Jimmy Chamberlin

The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in a more fusion environment and that got boring really quick and that wasn't what we were about on an organic level. — Jimmy Chamberlin

U2 are a great band; they've given us an unbelievable body of work, and all of us musicians owe them at least something. I can honestly say that every time I have played the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, as soon as my drums are set up, I go into the beat of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday.' — Jimmy Chamberlin

Part of the reason that I left the Pumpkins is because it was becoming all-consuming. Being the only member of that band who had two kids and a wife, it was a hard decision, but ultimately it was a decision I'm comfortable with. — Jimmy Chamberlin

The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing. — Jimmy Chamberlin

I think whatever art form you're in, whether TV, film or theater, you should know the history of who came before you and how the art form has changed or not changed and to learn from the greats. — Kevin Chamberlin

Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Love could be immortalized. It could be remembered and written forever into the world, inscribed on some inanimate object. It could be wonderful words given by a loved one, or simple letters combined to show an unbroken bond." Alexis from "The Shoreline — Lindsay Chamberlin

No one writes about the emotional things you go through. — Jimmy Chamberlin

She felt the smile turn the corners of her lips upward and placed her hand flat on his chest, just above his heart.
"That's yours now, babe," Jason whispered, kissing her forehead. "Be careful with it, OK? — Lindsay Chamberlin

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway. — Jimmy Chamberlin

People make mistakes. Get over it. You thought he was Mr Right but you were wrong. He thought you were his angel but he was wrong. Dwelling on the past will get you nowhere. — Holly Chamberlin

I want to be 'Jimmy Chamberlin, the drummer, the musician who's done many things,' not just 'that guy from the Smashing Pumpkins.' — Jimmy Chamberlin

Thank, God," Jason said as the tide of his blue eyes washed over her.
"What?" Alexis asked, her own smile turning the corners of her mouth up.
"You're really here. It wasn't just a dream," Jason responded, kissing her forehead.
"I plan on always being here," she said, her hands drawing circles on his bare chest.
He pulled her closer, their fronts molding together, one of her legs rested on his hip.
"You've sufficiently invaded every part of me, Alexis; my heart, my mind, and now my dreams."
"You don't have to dream to have me, Jason." Alexis' heart melted, realizing just how true his statement had become. This man had invaded every part of her, captured it exclusively for himself; her heart, mind, dreams, and body belonged to this man. — Lindsay Chamberlin

...in the tiny 'unhistoric acts' of goodness which she performs within her limited circle a ripple of influence has been set in motion which may eventually lap the edge of the world. — Holly Chamberlin

Nothing about us without us. — Judi Chamberlin

I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing, it's not, really. It's pretending that it's a band. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Famine was quite deliberately employed as an instrument of national policy, as the last means of breaking the resistance of the peasantry to the new system where they are divorced from personal ownership of the land and obligated to work on the conditions which the state may demand from them ... This famine may fairly be called political because it was not the result of any overwhelming natural catastrophe or such complete exhaustions of the country's resources in foreign and civil wars ... — William Henry Chamberlin

I want to have a good vacation before I have to go back home and start my 'big girl job'," Lori said, nose deep into the visitor's guide, but still making the air quotations around her words. — Lindsay Chamberlin

Better to regret actions you have taken than to regret not having had the courage to take them in the first place. — Holly Chamberlin

How many married couples who stay married until one of them dies can honestly say that they weren't terribly bored at times? — Holly Chamberlin

One of the most insidious consequences of the present burden of personal income tax is that it strips many middle class families of financial reserves & seems to lend support to campaigns for socialized medicine, socialized housing, socialized food, socialized every thing. The personal income tax has made the individual vastly more dependent on the State & more avid for state hand-outs. It has shifted the balance in America from an individual-centered to a State-centered economic & social system. — William Henry Chamberlin

You've sufficiently invaded every part of me, Alexis; my heart, my mind, and now my dreams. — Lindsay Chamberlin

At first it was a bit daunting, but once I started to do it, the more I got into it, the more I started enjoying it and being able to say things lyrically that I would normally have to say musically. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Flat was good; flat meant she didn't care, meant she wouldn't get sucked under this time, but she knew not to hope too much. — Lindsay Chamberlin

A very good case can be made, on moral as well as economic grounds, for a system in which the individual is required to stand on his own feet, not to lean on the state for handouts. Character, resourcefulness, capacity are formed and developed in struggle with obstacles, not in waiting passively for benefits from outside. — William Henry Chamberlin

Love is the dissolution of the illusion of separation. — Shaun Chamberlin

When you're in love, you can handle almost anything as long as you can spend some time with your loved one. — Holly Chamberlin

History books celebrate people who overcome great challenges, they do not celebrate critics. — Ryan Chamberlin

I take my craft very seriously. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Realize your strengths, accept your weaknesses, but never become someone you don't recognize. — Lindsay Chamberlin

After I left the Pumpkins, I went home and just sat around. I have a studio in my basement, and I found myself writing all these songs, just taking advantage of the relaxed situation. I wrote about 30 songs in about 30 days. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Are you guys, like, in love? Brian asked in a girl voice.
Alexis and Jason locked stares because even though everyone had started laughing at Brian's jibe, the word was there, hanging between the two of them, waiting to be grabbed for their personal use. — Lindsay Chamberlin

The proliferation of bureaucrats and its invariable accompaniment, much heavier tax levies on the productive part of the population, are the recognizable signs, not of a great, but of a decaying society. Historians know that both phenomena were especially marked in the declining eras of the Roman Empire in the West and of its successor state, the Eastern or Byzantine Empire. — William Henry Chamberlin

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Smart girl 101: Never let a stranger follow you to your hotel room. — Lindsay Chamberlin

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Love could be immortalized. — Lindsay Chamberlin

It was any wonder how a wave could withstand such a look from eyes like that and continue to build towards him.
His eyes were her ocean in those brief seconds. — Lindsay Chamberlin

I'm in love with someone, & none of it will go away.The memories bombard me every day.The dreams haunt me every night. — Holly Chamberlin

Normally, Alexis would have been put off by such a blatant gesture, but his eyes, his bright, soft blue eyes, had her melting. It was any wonder how a wave could withstand such a look from eyes like that and continue to build towards him.
His eyes were her ocean in those brief seconds. She felt herself swimming within them, trying to answer the questions they held while finding answers to her own. — Lindsay Chamberlin

Even though I'm a jazz-trained drummer, I cut my teeth playing rock. — Jimmy Chamberlin

I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people can, but I can't. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Sometimes your hero is you. — Lindsay Chamberlin

It only took Alexis a day to read a five-hundred page book. Fiction stories took her to another world where she could lose herself for a while in someone else's life.
Its funny how things like loans to pay back, a broken home and family, and a future to worry about meant nothing to characters who only had to worry about things like boys, beaches and fun. — Lindsay Chamberlin

In order to move forward, you will have to stumble along the way, but every falter in your stride just makes your next step even stronger. — Lindsay Chamberlin

If I stay much longer, I think I will have fallen in love with you. — Lindsay Chamberlin

The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater. — Judi Dench

Lori's biggest quest in life was to find Mr. Right Now, not to be confused with Mr. Right. — Lindsay Chamberlin

True, he doesn't make you cry. Question is, does he make you laugh? — Holly Chamberlin

What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I want my guys to be comfortable. I'm certainly not in this for the money, but I'd really like to see my guys make some money off of this stuff. — Jimmy Chamberlin

I feel really good in the teacher role. — Jimmy Chamberlin

We're friends. Remember, we have the right to bore each other every now and then. — Holly Chamberlin

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect. — Jimmy Chamberlin

When I'm at home I practice everyday. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Awards do not pay the mortgage. — Kevin Chamberlin

Jason Alan Crest, nice to meet you."
Alexis took his hand and shook it, "Alexis Amora Anderson, nice to meet you, too."
"All A's, huh?" Jason asked quirking his eyebrow at her.
"Yeah, parents. What can you do?" Alexis said, giggling, again. — Lindsay Chamberlin

If you like garlic, you'll like ramps. — Jim Chamberlin

Music is my life. It is sacred. — Jimmy Chamberlin

I feel at peace when I'm on the water, we all do. It's like in that moment, nothing else matters except the wave and our boards," Jason said, watching her expressions as he explained. "We have all vowed that since the ocean gives us something so amazing, we should give something back. I guess it's just our way of 'doing good'. — Lindsay Chamberlin

Just remember: Forever is relative. What one person sees as three years can feel like a lifetime to another. — Holly Chamberlin

Ultimately, we all have to decide what our own life is for. I will die one day, and, whether my day is near or far, I choose to look back on my time and know that I walked through the doors that inspired me. — Shaun Chamberlin

Hold the freaking phone! I am clearly missing something here, Lori said, still holding a confused expression. — Lindsay Chamberlin

But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the music that saves me now. The music, my family and my friends and everybody around me. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Umm, how old are you?" Alexis asked, a little hesitant to answer before making sure he wasn't a minor.
"Twenty-one, but age is just a number," the guy responded. — Lindsay Chamberlin

Brought me to life
Made me feel love
Left me with a dream
Oh what a wonderful
Gave me strength when I was weak
Even helped me off my knees
Showed me what love could really be
Oh what a wonderful lie
Jimmy from See You Soon — Lindsay Chamberlin

Anything that waited for them after these next few days could keep on waiting because Alexis was going to take every last second she had with Jason and make it last. — Lindsay Chamberlin