You don't have to be in a rock band to write your own music.

Some of the guys in Stone Sour, I think they just want to be a radio band and write strictly for radio and try…

— Jim Root

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.

— Adam Jones

We, Autolux band, write in very different ways; sometimes we play with the band and write music first and then form vocal parts and…

— Carla Azar

I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'

— Carmen Electra

In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally.

— Travis Barker

Joining another big time rock band was the last thing I was looking for, but as the tour went on, I really dug playing…

— Matt Cameron

We come from a more alternative rock band background, and it's interesting to see the things that people think we should or shouldn't do…

— Lauren Mayberry

I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never been like…

— Eugene Mirman

With *NSYNC, we shopped our deal for a year in America, sang a capella in everybody's office, then moved to Germany for almost two…

— JC Chasez

The best compliment I get every year is that a band will write me and say, 'We were just on tour, and we had…

— Henry Rollins

When After Forever stopped, I didn't want to first find a band, then see if I could write with them, figure that whole thing…

— Floor Jansen

They [The Beatles ] were the first band to write their own songs in Britain because we always just covered American songs before that.

— Lemmy Kilmister

I think getting the rest of the guys in the band to write is important.

— Donnie Iris

I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage.

— Adam Levine

At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my own record.…

— Dave Grohl