Bands Quotes · Page 18

Most punk rock bands just have a guitar, bass and drums. The Descendents, the Ramones, you name 'em, it's just how it's…

— Chad Gilbert

Obviously, for Geffen, if it wasn't for us, it's quite possible that bands like Nirvana or Beck would not be on the…

— Lee Ranaldo

Seriously, I lived in America for a while, I've been in lots of different bands, I write songs for all sorts of…

— Chesney Hawkes

I've actually done bands where it was my band and it was never fun and it wasn't the right place for me…

— Pat Smear

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

— Nancy Gibbs

Sometimes you might be a fan of bands but you don't know where they're from.

— Jade Puget

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

Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little…

— Mike McCready

There's a lot of bands that get to a certain level, and it just stops. They scrap it. Compare this to, say,…

— Eddie Vedder

I like to say that I do covers of my own songs. And I have about a dozen bands all over the…

— Sixto Rodriguez

With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as…

— David Byrne

Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the…

— Corey Taylor

I don't want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock.…

— Al Yankovic

Just because we give the impression that life's a certain way because of technology, there are still people having a rough time…

— Steve Ignorant

I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself…

— Hayley Williams

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

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.

— Prince

The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.

— Paul Stanley

My mom is very proud of introducing music to all her kids. But I played in some bad rock bands my junior…

— Miles Teller

B-52's are one of the most unique bands, not just sonically but aesthetically, too. When you look at them, you know it's…

— Brendon Urie

I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

— Anonymous

I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create.

— Jacob Bannon

It is a cliché about British bands going to America and being broken by the experience.

— Miki Berenyi

Some bands, they're too snooty, or they think they're too this or that and wouldn't talk to us. And some other bands…

— Rick Nielsen

I'm really interested in bands that sound nothing like anything I do or can do. That's what interests me.

— Andy Partridge

I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods.

— Nikki Sixx

We love the New York hardcore bands like Cro-Mags, Agnostic Front, Gorilla Biscuits, Sick of It All - the whole thing.

— Max Cavalera

There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.

— Isaac Hanson

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

— Elton John

In postscript let's just say that I am very fortunate cause I've gotten to work with a lot of great bands!

— Jim Diamond

Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big…

— Brian Setzer

I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.

— Mayer Hawthorne

If you don't realize that there are great rock bands out there, you should look for them.

— Finn Wolfhard

My hope for young bands, honestly, is that they do it because they love it, they do it because it's real.

— Sonny Sandoval

I really got into Three Doors Down - that's the sound that was out when I was 12 or 13. I really…

— Morgan Wallen

The Who is one of my favorite bands of all time. 'The Who Sell Out' is one of the greatest art-project albums…

— Buzz Osborne

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very…

— Rob Zombie