Bands Quotes · Page 19

I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction.

— Beck

A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.

— Alex Kapranos

When I was really young, I was really into Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden and those kinds of bands.

— David Pajo

Music is how I unwind. I love going to see bands or DJs at a festival or a dive bar. My taste…

— Daniel Ricciardo

I like to contribute. Even in my bands, I can't really just be the singer.

— Taryn Manning

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.

— Art Alexakis

I sang in bands as a kid. In high school, I was already on the road doing a single. And that's no…

— Lynda Carter

I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like…

— Steven Wilson

Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.

— Henry Rollins

I love rock and roll. Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong decade because I love Led Zeppelin and…

— Marisa Miller

If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy was booming. Everybody had jobs and there…

— Wayne Kramer

I see bands that have been around for a long time who go through the motions. They're tired and they shouldn't really…

— Curt Smith

The Sex Pistols came through Atlanta, and I got to go see them. That was historic. It blew me away; it was…

— Cindy Wilson

My father was stationed in Italy in the military. I had no one to feed me what was cool, so I was…

— Laura Jane Grace

A lot of bands just entertain you. I'm all about entertainment - I do it every day - but there's only certain…

— Sonny Sandoval

I know the only words that you have for me Are give up and get out You'd like to think that we've…

— Motionless In White

Like most classic bands, we only do an album every three or four years but that leaves a lot of down-time. And…

— Jim Kerr

The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.

— Mike McCready

A big problem for me was opening for Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, two bands that wouldn't exist if it weren't for…

— Chino Moreno

I often think about starting a band again, doing my solo stuff and a band. I grew up in bands.

— James Arthur

I will go through these style phases. I think it's confusing in some ways. People like bands to be really consistent.

— Mary Timony

A lot of bands that reunite do it for the wrong reasons. They do it for the bucks and everybody can sense…

— Glenn Tipton

I was in a couple punk bands as a kid. I did some more experimental stuff with my friend Dan for a…

— Venetian Snares

A lot of people have reunion things, but I think bands are supposed to break up.

— Babatunde Adebimpe

Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members.

— St. Vincent

I was always into things like Boyz II Men and boy bands, and then I got into Radiohead and alt-rock.

— St. Lucia

Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.

— Dan Auerbach

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

— Alex Kapranos

There are so many bands that I'm kind of aware of through media about them, and it ends up filtering my experience…

— Win Butler

I don't think there's anything remotely "new" or "experimental" about any modern metal bands.

— Mat McNerney

Rock bands don't really swing... a lot of rock is stiff. They don't understand the feel, the movement, you know, the jungle…

— Malcolm Young

Too many bands record an album and feel, 'Well, this is okay,' but after a time, they grow to not like it.

— Brian Fallon

For a lot of bands, the London club scene very much starts to become more important than the music they create. Which…

— Curt Smith

I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.

— Brian May

Just a lot of those bands [like The Blue Jean Committee] started off in blues, and then they all transformed into other…

— Fred Armisen

When I think of nu-metal, I think of Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and even Chevelle - those types of bands.

— Austin Carlile

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

— Britt Daniel

It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own…

— Debbie Harry

We are probably one of the most licensed bands out there for movies and TV shows.

— Steve Harwell

I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about…

— Marina and the Diamonds