Band Quotes · Page 124

When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way.…

— Roy Wood

I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.

— Dee Dee Ramone

Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.

— Chuck Eddy

For a while I was perfectly happy not performing with 'The Who.' From 1982 to 1989 I felt 'The Who' did not…

— Pete Townshend

Working on art, as opposed to being in a constant collaborative state, as in a band, is something that I've always done…

— Kim Gordon

I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar,…

— Chick Corea

I had a band called Infectious Grooves back in the Nineties. That music was really a mixture of styles, and we had…

— Robert Trujillo

I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.

— Stevie Jackson

The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of…

— Wynton Marsalis

Justin [Di Cioccio] was [at Laguardia School of Arts]. He later took over at Manhattan. But I knew Justin through the McDonald's…

— Jon Gordon

It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don't have to. It's totally different now to back in…

— Ezra Koenig

My mum had this idea I was going to be this long-haired hippie playing guitar and bought me one when I was…

— Liberty Ross

There's kind of a double standard: if a musician decides they want to act, everybody falls over themselves. But if you're an…

— Megan Mullally

We signed with Roadrunner because, they almost signed us in '97 or something, and we've been wanting to work with Monty Connor,…

— Jess Margera

People love Axl [Rose] with the original band, they love him on his own but they want to see him with the…

— Steven Tyler

I can safely say that any band with a sentence for a name, 6 members or more and carefully combed to the…

— Chris Reifert

I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band…

— Wynton Marsalis

People should quit their jobs, move to Oklahoma, move in with 34 people, pay $100 a month in rent and start a…

— Josh Jones

To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band.

— Zacky Vengeance

Death Cab is a militantly analog band. We'll continue moving forward with our sound, but there will be no crossover.

— Ben Gibbard

I started in a covers band with my brothers when I was just four years old.

— Sara Evans

I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing, it's not, really. It's pretending that it's a…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

To me, Modest Mouse is one of the best bands ever. I actually wasn't surprised that they made it big. It's always…

— Doug Martsch

I've always seen My Chemical Romance as the band that would have represented who me and my friends were in high school,…

— Gerard Way

As a little kid, I watched him play guitar and sing in a band, and even though he performed in a pub…

— G Flip

I always freak out when people ask me about my favorite bands or my five favorite records, I just can never do…

— John Bush

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the…

— Jerry West

There is a lot of energy between Lars and James, and sometimes that energy can erupt. I know that before I was…

— Robert Trujillo

To me, a sure-fire way to get in a rut is by sitting around playing by yourself for too long. You've gotta…

— Dimebag Darrell

I love the Arctic Monkeys . Who doesn't? I'd love to see them live, but haven't got round to it yet. I…

— Jack White

Death Cab is probably the best band period.

— Steve Harwell

We were kids that didn't have any education. None of our parents were in the music business or even college graduates. We…

— Benji Madden

I don't want to single anyone out. I'll just say that there are a lot of not good band names out there.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

— Wyclef Jean

I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.

— Adrian Belew

I found myself in Zurich Airport. I'd done a TV show, oddly enough, with Mavis Staples. That's the way they do it…

— Nick Lowe

No one told you to call your band Salacious Mold, my friend." "We're Millennium Lint now," Simon protested

— Cassandra Clare

Maybe if they start playing new rock bands videos, then maybe but there is no point in a guy like me spending…

— Sebastian Bach

I listen to a lot of other cyber metal bands such as Fear Factory, Sybreed, and Mnemic to name a few, so…

— Paul Wardingham

I'm not really allowed to talk about the Dead though. I think when we are at our best, we definitely do things…

— Mike Gordon