I shined off high school band, marching, jazz studies. At the time I was too cool for school, I had this professional… — Eric Hernandez Copy Share Image
I was a bicycle messenger when Alkaline Trio was formed as a way to make ends meet before the band became a… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
People tend to think of the quest as a sort of fanciful or fantastical form, but actually, I think it's pretty realistic.… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to… — Patty Schemel Copy Share Image
When I came out of the military, I had a club in Memphis and I started using the The Bar Kays as… — William Bell Copy Share Image
The cat, covered in dust and standing on its hind legs, bowed to Margarita. Round its neck it was now wearing a… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
Yet for all the depression no one ever quit. When someone quit, we couldn't believe it. 'I'm becoming a rafting instructor on… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
If kids and teenagers can get into a band, its probably not because they think its brainy. — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
I conceived of a concept, a project, a band. The Tide. The Tide, acting as a sonic exemplar of flow and fluidity.… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
I've always been worried about the band but I've got to the point now where I think it's time to start thinking… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
Good Charlotte became more than a band and more than the songs: it became something that the fans owned. — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
Of course, no lyrics are ever unintentional, but I think bands like Wolf Parade and the Arcade Fire have a tendency to… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
In high school, I stole a six-foot submarine sandwich from a banquet room in front of several hundred people. I did it… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The kindest compliments I have ever heard are when cops tell me Training Day and Assault on Precinct 13 inspired them to… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I think jazz was just seeking respect and validity because a lot of people didn't believe it was a viable art form,… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
If you'd asked me when I was six, 16, and 26, I wanted nothing more than to be a big, recognized rock… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
Sacred Bands and elite squadrons aren't what the mercenaries' guild is about. Field them at your peril. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Do you ever look at the sky and think, I'm glad I'm alive? After I heard System of a Down, I thought,… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I remember being inspired by this band Godflesh, actually. They were a really heavy metal band, really nihilistic. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
The New York Dolls did not think of themselves as punk rock. There was no such term at the time. They were… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it,… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
If I'm working as an engineer for another band, the responsibility for brilliance pretty much rests on their shoulders. I think I'm… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
In my first bands I was a singing guitar player, but if you heard any of those songs you wouldn't describe me… — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
When you're on stage and you got a great audience, that makes the show that much better for the band. — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I wanted to reexamine the idea of the album for generations of people who are not my age, who love music or… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a… — Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands. — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have. — Gary Cherone Copy Share Image
When you're in a band it's a 24/7 thing. If you don't get on or like each other things will fall apart… — Keren Woodward Copy Share Image
Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that… — Bob Geldof Copy Share Image
I love the Memphis sound. When I was 16-and-a-half, with my driver's permit, I was playing New Jersey clubs in a 10-piece… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
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