People think this is a competition between bands, when the…

Sometimes if I go to a show, someone will recognize me. But the neighborhood I live in, there's so many people who are in…

— Chris Baio

You can always pound out demos and send them to record companies, but most of the successful bands I've seen are the ones that…

— Joe Perry

LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always thought that…

— James Murphy

I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their fingers at…

— Glenn Miller

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better…

— Adam Rich

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

Honestly, we’ll compete with everybody. I love competition. As long as people invent their own stuff, I love competition.

— Tim Cook

I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more…

— Chuck Grassley

Our competition has always been anything that is wasting your time when you're bored at work. In a broad sense. We want people to…

— Alexis Ohanian

“At times, competition can be a good thing. But a person's value isn't something that can be ranked, is it?”

— Hotaru Odagiri

If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition…

— Michelle Kwan

People think that the Club World Cup is an easy competition, but it's not.

— Keylor Navas

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

— Alan Arkin

I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very…

— Evgeni Plushenko

The Copa del Rey is a different competition. It is football in its purest form and is different from the continuity of the league.

— Michael Laudrup