We're not the kind of band that writes very well on the…

We're not the kind of band who writes an order abundance of songs and picks from them, we usually write for the album.

— John Petrucci

We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.

— Adam Rich

For every band that writes something earth-shatteringly important, there has to be a band you can go out and drink beer to.

— Jani Lane

Every record from New Found Glory is a little different. We're a real band that writes songs about our everyday relationships - like, our…

— Chad Gilbert

We were far from being the kind of band that threw TVs out of hotel windows. In fact, we carried our own toolbox with…

— Paul Young

We became a band that was kind of a big band, kind of a band that quite uncool people listen to, people a lot…

— Torquil Campbell

Slider is the kind of band I would be a fan of if I played in it or not. It's something I'll be able…

— Josh Freese

I'm used to coming up with a lot of parts. And I don't have to do that so much [with Divine Fits]. This is…

— John Britt Daniel

Sebadoh were always kind of the un-band. We never really lived in the same town.

— Lou Barlow

We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.

— Ed O'Brien

One of the best things about being in a band for so long and having any level of success is the opportunity to go…

— Tony Kanal

He writes nothing whose writings are not read.

— Martial

Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of…

— Harper Lee

“A writer lives, at least, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies…

— William Sansom

I think anything that anyone writes thats any good is going to have a lot of autobiography.

— Stephen Adly Guirgis