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title: "8 American Band Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [We're not an American band, or a European band. We're a Brazilian band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-cavalera/we-re-not-an-american-band-or-a-european-band-we-re-a-brazilian-band/)

[Max Cavalera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-cavalera/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/max-cavalera-5976_american_we-re-not-an-american-band-or-a-european_205398.jpg)

> [But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-stipe/but-we-re-very-much-an-american-band-and-that-s-that-i-think-that-s/)

[Michael Stipe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-stipe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/michael-stipe-6714_american_but-we-re-very-much-an-american-band-and_568472.png)

> [We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-irons/we-got-a-chance-to-go-and-play-in-some-places-that-the-usual-european/)

[Jack Irons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-irons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/jack-irons-32326_band_we-got-a-chance-to-go-and-play-in-some-p_891736.png)

> [We're an American band. We liked the Grammys, we liked the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We weren't a political band,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marky-ramone/we-re-an-american-band-we-liked-the-grammys-we-liked-the-rock-and/)

[Marky Ramone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marky-ramone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/marky-ramone-6493_american_we-re-an-american-band-we-liked-the-gram_1896238.jpg)

> [Kiss is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-simmons/kiss-is-the-number-one-american-band-in-gold-record-sales-in-the/)

[Gene Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-simmons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/gene-simmons-2164_ass_kiss-is-the-number-one-american-band-in_1903450.png)

> [We were an American band and no one cared about us in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alana-haim/we-were-an-american-band-and-no-one-cared-about-us-in-america/)

[Alana Haim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alana-haim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/alana-haim-4815_about_we-were-an-american-band-and-no-one-care_2519094.jpg)

> [It's so much fun to have vocal groups out on the road because we get to see them do their thing, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-demarcus/it-s-so-much-fun-to-have-vocal-groups-out-on-the-road-because-we-get/)

[Jay DeMarcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-demarcus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/jay-demarcus-6808_american_it-s-so-much-fun-to-have-vocal-groups-ou_3014473.jpg)

> [When I first heard Kraftwerk, I thought they were an American band singing in German.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-jarre/when-i-first-heard-kraftwerk-i-thought-they-were-an-american-band/)

[Jean-Michel Jarre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-jarre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/jean-michel-jarre-6803_american_when-i-first-heard-kraftwerk-i-thought-t_3101383.png)

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