Bands Quotes · Page 21

Half the bands I guarantee wouldn't at this point want Nuno to open for them.

— Nuno Bettencourt

They are one of my favorite bands and one of my first musical loves: Devo.

— Matt Skiba

A lot of the bands I loved, I didn't know where they came from or where they were going.

— Bucky Pope

Bands are actively seeking more film involvement - because the days of recording albums and MTV and even touring, to some extent,…

— John Hillcoat

My musical tastes are very diverse. I just never felt like listening to certain kinds of bands. There's too much great stuff…

— Steven Wilson

It's such a weird thing nowadays, too, when people are fans of the songs and not the bands.

— Lewis Capaldi

I played with local bands and ended up touring with Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Alphabeat, and Calvin Harris. That somehow changed into DJ'ing.

— Kristian Nairn

I don't think it's inherently wrong when bands do certain things - sometimes I'm really excited when I see a band has…

— Alex Scally

It's not so surprising that there are more women in metal bands. And they're not just fronting them. There are drummers and…

— Floor Jansen

I don't like when bands write a record that sounds like the one they just did and they just keep doing that.…

— 3 Doors Down

I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat…

— Johnny Marr

I've only ever been in bands where I can be the punk rock guitar player in the band because that's all I…

— Pat Smear

That's why I don't necessarily enjoy it when bands cover other songs. You'll never recreate what has been done, especially if it's…

— Jim Root

I did exactly what I wanted to do. It was always my intention to put a band together and be a band…

— Chris Daughtry

To me, Modest Mouse is one of the best bands ever. I actually wasn't surprised that they made it big. It's always…

— Doug Martsch

There's an interesting thing I've seen with Australian bands: when you put them side-by-side with bands from other parts of the world,…

— Benji Madden

I was always heavily interested in underground musical movements, the post-dubstep scene; Mount Kimbie were coming out, and bands like that.

— Mura Masa

Look at bands like the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers - they represented something real because they could kick live.

— John Popper

All the classic bands that have been around forever, they came up gradually.

— Rob Zombie

Don't get me wrong, The Beatles are one of our all-time favourite bands, but there's a lot more we were influenced by.

— Ryan Ross

A lot of bands break through with their third record: the White Stripes, the Clash, the Replacements.

— Ezra Furman

After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.

— Maynard James Keenan

Thanks for always telling me which emerging buzz bands to have in my iPod.

— Anonymous

A lot of bands have an unfortunate past; we've dodged a lot of bullets when it comes to that.

— Tyler Joseph

When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the…

— Jack Antonoff

It's funny, now there are so many bands that I can never remember any of their names. Maybe it's because I'm old.

— Judd Apatow

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set…

— Beck

The Backstreet Boys can sing their asses off. I'm not so sure about those other boy bands. But Backstreet Boys have my…

— Elton John

There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.

— Jeff VanderMeer

We really look up to bands like INXS and Midnight Oil who always stayed true to their roots.

— Calum Hood

Generally, I don't bother trying to keep up with prolific bands - but Thee Oh Sees demand it.

— Greg Gutfeld

I've always been a huge Butthole Surfers fan. The first time I saw them was in the early '80s when all they…

— Buzz Osborne

We loved the Beach Boys, bands like that, but our originality came out of our lack of ability as copiers. They did…

— Russell Mael

But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a…

— Travis Barker

Me personally, I side more with punk rock bands. I grew up with The Misfits, The Dead Boys, The Damned, Dropkick Murphys,…

— Andy Biersack

I used to go and see bands like the Orb and Orbital every time they came down, and I've seen Aphex Twin…

— Matt Bellamy

I love the Arctic Monkeys . Who doesn't? I'd love to see them live, but haven't got round to it yet. I…

— Jack White

I always hate people that complain about showbiz after they've had a good run. To me there are so many great bands…

— Miles Zuniga

“Because you're in a band, you go for other people in bands or in the music industry, but people don't grow up…

— Paul Miles

I used to play in rock bands. Then I went to the first school of electronic music in the world. It was…

— Jean-Michel Jarre