There are plenty of very different sounding bands that…

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

— Ikue Mori

I like plenty of different music.

— Rory MacDonald

We have all this digital equipment, and sometimes this analog stuff comes back and people say "Oh my god!" It makes a different sounding…

— Sam de Jong

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, they're just…

— Benji Madden

The good bands take people on a journey with them; You look at the Beach Boys and the Beatles and you see a growth,…

— John Popper

People didnt expect pop music to be authentic. There were a lot of manufactured bands - of which I love.

— Darren Hayes

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

— Juliana Hatfield

Aerosmith-one of the 10 best bands today? Yeah definitely.

— Steven Tyler

I like bands for a long time, even when they're not trendy anymore. I still like Arcade Fire. I've always liked Stevie Wonder.

— Sia Furler

I grew up with my dad's music, so my introduction to rock was Alice Cooper and Cinderella and Dio and Black Sabbath, so I…

— Lzzy Hale

I'd been playing in bands for something like seven years at this point. And we were always trying to get ahead, trying to rehearse…

— Aerosmith

There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had me on…

— Fred Armisen

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

— Mayer Hawthorne

As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?

— Thomas Beecham

There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency,…

— Marco Mendoza