Our band is rock n' roll. We were never just a studio band…

“If we were a rock ‘n’ roll band, We’d travel all over the land. We’d play and we’d sing and wear spangly things, If…

— Shel Silverstein

There's a lot of discussion about whether you should be a good live band or a good studio band. I think you can use…

— Ted Leo

I wanted to have a band that could rock as hard as the Who and sing like the Beatles and the Beach Boys; a…

— Eric Carmen

I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously.

— Colin Hay

First off, we came from hardcore bands, and, in a lot of ways, we still see ourselves as a hardcore band. That said, that's…

— Patrick Stump

The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.

— Paul Stanley

We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they…

— Steve Albini

It's like, how do you continue to make records that are representative of who you are that your fans will recognize as your band,…

— Ben Gibbard

I think all of us set out to try and reach as many people. That's the whole point of being in a band: trying…

— Daniel Taylor

As a band, we're all trying to be naked, if you will. As naked as we can be.

— Stella Mozgawa

Keeping fans loyal is a delicate balance. Therein lies the challenge for any band that's more than a couple albums deep. It's like, how…

— Ben Gibbard

I think the hardest part of being in the band and trying to make it is waiting, you know? I think, to be fair,…

— Wesley Schultz

I’m like a twenty two year old kid in a new band trying to get noticed and break through, because the vast majority of…

— John Fogerty

That's kind of the nature of being in a progressive band - always trying new things, moving forward.

— John Petrucci

It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.

— Dimebag Darrell