I'm glad I was never in a band.

We wanted to guide the musicians, so we could create our own sound. We would never let the band just go in and play…

— Lamont Dozier

The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a…

— Phoebe Robinson

When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren't used…

— Bootsy Collins

I don't want to be part of a band unless it's fun.

— Charlotte Caffey

When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we…

— Mike Shinoda

You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.

— John Mellencamp

I was playing surf music with my band when a girlfriend of mine who had come from Los Angeles took me to a James…

— Timothy B. Schmit

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

— Ikue Mori

Everybody now who's playing in Unicorn band is deeply schooled in music. I'm the only one who's self-taught, which I think is a bit…

— Nicholas Thorburn

I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.

— John Gourley

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

Bass guitar is the engine of the band.

— Suzi Quatro

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

— Thomas Beecham

I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer.

— Matisyahu

I used to be a drummer in a band, and I really loved playing the drums, so I look forward to the right opportunity…

— Zedd