Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels
Bret Michael Sychak, professionally known as Bret Michaels, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison who have sold over 45 million records worldwide and 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the number-one single, "Every Rose Has...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth15 March 1963
CityButler, PA
CountryUnited States of America
As far back as I can remember, I am one of those guys that works hard and plays harder. I have to have both.
I want to tell the story. Mostly, when you see rock movies, it has to be this over-the-top thing. I want to give people a Bret Michaels movie where they see that my life is a comedy of errors. I also want to show my fans how to get through the kind of troubles that would leave most people flat on the floor.
Sometimes I will endanger my own life to pleasure a woman.
We were in Greenville, South Carolina, where he lived, and he was coming the next day to the show, but he passed away the night before. I was very close to my grandfather. He was the first guy to teach me how to ride a motorcycle, so (his death) meant a lot to me. It just gave me a perspective on life and how important it is to live it and enjoy it while we're here. Sometimes we're looking for the grass to be greener, and what's awesome is right in front of you.
All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day.
I do meet-and-greets at every show and meet a minimum of 20-35 fans at each.
I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses.
I'm addicted to creating and writing.
[My hair] creates this Tarzanesque, likeable bad-boy image. It says, 'I am a wild child. I will take you on a Harley ride, then make passionate love to you. And should you be attacked by a lion or an idiot at a bar, I will protect you.'
My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.
I always think in life passion supersedes everything.
What's kept me sane is I still love making music, and I always have my ear to the street,
I will deliver, rain, snow, anything short of a tornado,
Rock never really dies. It just goes underground,