They [The Beatles ] were the first band to write their own…

I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for a song,…

— Chris Cornell

They [The Beatles] were the first band to not have a lead singer in the band.

— Lemmy Kilmister

So many famous iconic American songs are protest songs, and I think that the vast majority of artists will only continue to add to…

— Liv Bruce

When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's ears.

— Ian MacKaye

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Jade Thirlwall

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

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

The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.

— Lemmy Kilmister

When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I…

— M. Ward