Bands Quotes · Page 13

I was someone who grew up obsessed with bands, how they were and how they treated one another, and how they treated…

— James Murphy

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't…

— Joe Cocker

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

— Dimebag Darrell

I think I skipped a lot of music, like when I was 17 or 18. I didnt know about a lot of…

— Michael Kiwanuka

To build my core strength, I do push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, on-the-spot running with bands, and individual runs.

— P. R. Sreejesh

Crowdfunding as an idea itself isn't new - bands have been doing it since the dawn of time.

— Amanda Palmer

I used to think when I was in the Go-Go's that we were as wild as any of the boy bands.

— Jane Wiedlin

Bands on tour are very good cultivators of what's the avant-garde of comedy.

— Jonathan Krisel

There's no judgment on bands that continue on who aren't popular; some people get enjoyment out of it. I'm just not one…

— Fred Armisen

The careers that always impressed me, and the people that I've always looked up to, are the ones who've been around forever:…

— Hayley Williams

That's one of the problems with making music your business, it becomes a business. You're no longer just this kid who is…

— Mojo Nixon

People in bands don't have the kind of conversations people might think they have. The best things about being in a band…

— Thom Yorke

I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band,…

— Cliff Martinez

A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean…

— Angus Young

We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there…

— Zacky Vengeance

Too many bands practice in their garage, play a couple of shows locally, and expect opportunities to appear from the sky. Bands…

— Mark Hoppus

When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one…

— David Byrne

“You know, Aerosmith will be the thing that kills off your music. Not them directly, mind you. What they represent. Bands are…

— Thomm Quackenbush

Too many times I've heard records from bands who were obviously, like, 'Well, we're at least gonna do half as well as…

— Chad Kroeger

I've read a lot of fiction from writers just starting out, and the dialogue is a little bit forced, or it's almost…

— Sara Shepard

Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones…

— Kendrick Lamar

I've always been in rock bands. I was in a rock band with my brother in high school. Then I was playing…

— Bryce Dessner

I think basically, there are some bands and acts who feel the need to cultivate a persona or act a certain way…

— Dan Smith

I do question a band's longevity, because most of my favorite bands only made one or two good albums. After that, I…

— Sune Rose Wagner

It's a gas, just phoning up some bands and saying: 'You don't know us but we love you and would you come…

— Gord Downie

Lightning Bolt and Hella are two bands I listen to, and there's a lot of finger tapping going on there.

— Marnie Stern

Without Metallica, we wouldn't have a lot of the bands that we have now.

— Joey Jordison

I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's…

— Robert Plant

I think that people like getting their money's worth, so it's cool to have a load of bands in a similar genre.

— Tim Lambesis

I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard…

— Oscar Isaac

I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life…

— Pete Wentz

It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes…

— Geezer Butler

I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.

— Caroline Corr

Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk…

— Vic Fuentes

I really hate it when I see other bands selling their music to commercials.

— Robby Krieger

I know of dude-bands who've brought big, crazy dogs on tour. Everybody loves their animal.

— Marnie Stern

I was in punk bands when I was a kid, and then I would do stand-up in between bands - which wasn't…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

The bands you like and know that are French are always outsiders in the French music industry - Daft Punk, Air.

— Laurent Brancowitz

I went to college in Iowa for a little bit and tried to get some bands together there. That was about a…

— Dave Keuning

Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and…

— Cheech Marin