I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

I started singing in my first band in 1992 so I'm coming up to 20 years in this business. That's a long time.

— Darren Hayes

That's what Joe Don Rooney and I do. He plays guitar and I play bass - and there's no reason to call it a…

— Jay DeMarcus

We started out as a bar band. We were sometimes playing in front of 20 people.

— Jay DeMarcus

The music as a whole is selfish, but the musicians aren't," "The song may go on forever but it's not about competition within the…

— Joshua Homme

At 10 years old, I was in my church band, playing in front of a couple thousand people every week.

— Bazzi

I'm closest to the music when I'm onstage with the band, playing.

— D'Angelo

We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We've made a lot of friends, and…

— Dan Hawkins

There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high

— Neil Young

We're not here as a black band playing white string band music. You know, we play stuff in the Appalachians, we play stuff in…

— Rhiannon Giddens

I reckoned I could meet more girls being in a band than playing soccer.

— Roger Taylor

“The band is playing Auld Lang Syne But the heart will not retreat There's no forsaking what you love No existential leap As witnessed…

— Leonard Cohen

Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were there as…

— Andy Wilkinson

Me and the Dap-Kings, the whole band is playing a wedding band in 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'

— Sharon Jones

To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.

— John Oates

Practice. Listen. Use you ears. And as Rob [Halford] said, that team effort. You can learn your instrument in your room, but being in…

— Richie Faulkner