Gramm Quotes & Sayings

I went in for an operation to remove a brain tumor. — Lou Gramm

We still play Foreigner songs. I play the songs that I was involved in writing. — Lou Gramm

In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington. Early in his Senate career in 1986, John signed on to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Bill, and he fought for balanced budgets before it was considered politically correct for Democrats to do so. John has worked to strengthen our military, reform public education, boost the economy and protect the environment. — Zell Miller

The future is finally something that we can now put into focus. — Lou Gramm

I am starting to look like and perform like the Lou that I used to be. — Lou Gramm

We put out press releases to tell people what had happened to me and that I had a large weight gain but a lot of people still didn't know. The ones that didn't know were floored. That was a real humbling experience for me. — Lou Gramm

After the accident Black Sheep was pretty much at an end. — Lou Gramm

You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline — Phil Gramm

The world has a harder time breaking a good sense of humor, John Gramm — Natasha Larry

I think we are looked upon as a veteran band. — Lou Gramm

Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his playing was suited for a different style of band. — Lou Gramm

Every technological advance we've made in the 21st century and throughout the 20th has come from the United States of America. — Phil Gramm

In a state that continued to be saddled with a sternly limited governmental structure devised when the South was just emerging from the bruising experience of the Civil War and Reconstruction, she also had to contend with fact that national politics and changing demographics had left her swimming for her life as a liberal Democrat in an ocean of conservative Republicans. In a failed presidential campaign, Texas's Republican senator Phil Gramm once boasted that the best thing a politician can have is money. It helps, of course, and yet he was proved quite wrong: the biggest advantage a politician can have is that people like you. — Jan Reid

The cap-and-trade plan is more market driven than anything else. If you want to discourage carbon use, you have to make it more expensive, but what is crucial is that this be a worldwide program that includes China and India. — Phil Gramm

Running for president must be like having babies. You have to forget what it was like the last time before you want to do it again. — Phil Gramm

It was a little at a time but I broke out my Walkman and my lyric pad and started writing. — Lou Gramm

Phil Gramm had a stump speech about how his mother's devotion kept him from being an academic failure in life. She got him into a special school that turned him around - under a government program for the children of deceased veterans. He was repeatedly asked at press conferences why he would then turn around and support draconian cuts in federal funding for education. He never had an answer. — Gail Collins

It was really terrific but Foreigner was nothing like Yes and that style did not suit our music. — Lou Gramm

You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession. — Phil Gramm

Regardless what technology is, I like analog too. — Lou Gramm

All over the world, people want to know what kind of people Texans are, and I explain that Texans are America's ideal Americans. — Phil Gramm

It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to. — Phil Gramm

As long as I continue to put forth who I am and what I believe, than I think it all balances out. — Lou Gramm

I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America. — Phil Gramm

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis. — Phil Gramm

Addiction is an insidious disease that's always lurking nearby like a snake ready to strike. — Lou Gramm

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big — Phil Gramm

I find singing some of Foreigner's older songs are a little reckless and not exactly who I am now. — Lou Gramm

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people. — Phil Gramm

I'd rather go to the dentist ... but I'm going. — Phil Gramm

Beginning to create again was something that I took for granted but I never will take it for granted again. — Lou Gramm

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want. — Phil Gramm

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford. — Phil Gramm

Five years ago we were working on a new album when my health began failing. — Lou Gramm

As i discovered, the path to sobriety is a precarious, complex journey. you obviously want to purge yourself of something that has been so destructive and has had such a grip on you. but in the deep recesses of your mind, you wonder if you will mourn the loss of this old friend that has been by your side for years. i know this sounds sick, but you actually find yourself wondering if your life is going to become quite boring without this crutch. of course, the yearning for true health far outweighs everything else. you know things are going to be better for you, for your loved ones, and for everyone you encounter. you will no longer have to hide things and live a lie. yes, that initial high of drugs and booze can be very, very attractive, but it's not worth the wrecked and trashed feeling you have the next morning. nor is it worth the cumulative toll it exacts from you. — Lou Gramm

Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day. — Phil Gramm

I gave my life to Christ about 1991. — Lou Gramm

I opted out of the band. — Lou Gramm

I wonder if the folks at Christian books will fire you when they find out about your devil powers-John Gramm — Natasha Larry

There are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't work. — Phil Gramm

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there. — Phil Gramm

If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog. — Phil Gramm

Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us. — Lou Gramm

Sophia Loren is not a citizen. — Phil Gramm

It's only in the seventies that I put the sticks down and I moved to the front. — Lou Gramm

If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to work the album on the road. — Lou Gramm

We're going to keep building the party until we're hunting Democrats with dogs. — Phil Gramm

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve. — Phil Gramm

Life is simple, it's either cherry red or midnight blue. — Lou Gramm

It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me rather than debate Sen. McCain on important economic issues facing the country. That kind of distraction hurts not only Sen. McCain's ability to present concrete programs to deal with the country's problems; it hurts the country. — Phil Gramm

For the next three plus years, I really was not in creative shape. That part of my brain was not functioning. — Lou Gramm

The American story is a story of immigration. I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America. — Phil Gramm

The Democrats want government to do the spending. Senator McCain wants families to do the spending. — Phil Gramm

Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear. — Phil Gramm

Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally. — Phil Gramm

A lot of times Mick will play me different things, or I'll listen to a cassette, and out of twenty ideas or whatever, I'll find two or three that are just blowing me away, and we'll start working on them right away. — Lou Gramm

When we finish this tour we are going to begin writing and go into the studio to hopefully have a brand new Foreigner album out in early spring next year. This will be the first Foreigner album out in about ten years. — Lou Gramm

We play some of my stuff and we play some Beatle covers. — Lou Gramm

We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat. — Phil Gramm

I said we are in a mental recession. We keep getting the steady drumbeat of bad news ... it's become a mental recession. We don't have measured negative growth. That's a fact, that's not a commentary. — Phil Gramm

Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear. — Phil Gramm

You have to work with the ideas and give them a little push. — Lou Gramm

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money. — Phil Gramm

I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations with the White House. Despite all their threats they are going to have a prolonged defense. The reality is they are the driving force behind getting this over quickly. — Phil Gramm

We will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one time deal. We were to never do it again. The problem with doing it was we reward people who violated the law. We reward people who came into the country illegally. — Phil Gramm

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are. — Phil Gramm

I believe I am more conservative than Bob Dole; I believe I am more committed to fundamentally changing American government than Bob Dole. — Phil Gramm

It was kind of fun being the headliners. — Lou Gramm

Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember the 'Phil Gramm for President' campaign. I thought that was the worst thing in the history of the world, but Rick Perry was possibly worse. — Gail Collins

Achieving true sobriety goes beyond abstinence. it's also about healing your soul, apologizing for damage you did to other, and seeking forgiveness. — Lou Gramm

I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well. — Lou Gramm

I go to the gym five days a week and I have a personal trainer. I am on a strict diet, which is kind of hard to keep up with on the road, but I stick to it as well as I can. — Lou Gramm

I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action. — Phil Gramm

We have benefited greatly from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years. — Phil Gramm

I was a drummer, and I did a little singing too. — Lou Gramm

You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96. — Joe Lieberman