When we are out on the road, running up and down the road playing shows, you have to be not only a… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
I was playing surf music with my band when a girlfriend of mine who had come from Los Angeles took me to… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
If a band isn't coming up with two to four of those when they pick up their instruments, then they have problems… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
The day Metallica's over, i'm not going to put an ad looking for another band. I'll put my drumsticks on the shelf… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
Our audience is young and vibrant; we retain our previous following; we are three generations into it. Unlike other bands that are… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
I've run all the bands I've been in. A great front man needs that other person. It's not enough to have a… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I was working in a church in Florida as a youth intern, which means I really didn't do much other than staple… — Bart Millard Copy Share Image
The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
I was actually going to work at Tokyo Disney. I thought, 'I'll work in the family!' That was my postgraduate plan. I… — Sasheer Zamata Copy Share Image
I hate how all the hip hop bands of today will put crazy sound effects into their songs. You know what I… — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
Gord [Downie] does so much Waterkeeper stuff. They were involved in [protesting clearcuts at] Clayoquot Sound [in the early '90s]. It's hard… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
It's got to be hard to be a band that's trading on your 40-year-old hits, where there's a certain thing that's expected… — Amy Argetsinger Copy Share Image
My son is in a band, and he's a singer, and his vocals they're screaming-growling stuff and he's got a pretty reasonable… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
I go into military communities and do fundraisers and that kind of thing with the band, because I know that the music… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
I think basically, there are some bands and acts who feel the need to cultivate a persona or act a certain way… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
The nature of music fandom and music fans is that, very often, they fall in love with a band or a particular… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I really enjoy touring period! I had another band called Killing Machine, we went out on tour which was only fifteen shows… — Tracii Guns Copy Share Image
If when you hear a song by OK Go you conjure up thoughts of a gigantic Rube Goldberg device or treadmills or… — Rachel Martin Copy Share Image
Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, working towards dropping out of high school to starting to tour with bands, I'd drive around in… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set,… — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
When we called each other and got the call that Jimmy had died, literally, it all ended right there. Everything we've ever… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We were never a band that did 96 takes of the same thing. I had heard of groups that were into that… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, 'Well, neither do I.' I… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
When I first started drinking, it was working for me. It was great. Like when you're doing a gig and you're in… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I… — Bill Crow Copy Share Image
I think the biggest faults that bands tend to have in terms of drama or breaking up is bands don't learn people's… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Disco satisfied social as well as musical needs. Disco people got to dress up all the time and go to places ...… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I wasn't necessarily frustrated in Fall Out Boy, but there were things that didn't get satisfied, desires left wanting. We didn't all… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I don't know if it was related to the type of music that we were doing at that time or what, but… — David Pajo Copy Share Image
There are few people who define the word, 'rock star' better than U2's Bono. He's revered the world over not just for… — Daryn Kagan Copy Share Image
I'm sure that a lot of women and men feel differently about it, but for me this isn't about being the girl… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
It's very tempting for certain generations to say, 'Well, I just want to be in a band, and I want to be… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
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I do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
I never aspired to be in a band, but being onstage is a very cool feeling. It's like you're the lord of… — Robert Sheehan Copy Share Image
![“Gord [Downie] does so much Waterkeeper stuff. They were involved in [protesting clearcuts at] Clayoquot Sound [in the early '90s]. It's hard sometimes to use the capital you have as a beloved rock band and put it to various causes, especially when they're a bit more controversial, like energy…” quote by Sarah Harmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9a/sarah-harmer-36335_band_gord-downie-does-so-much-waterkeeper-stu_2340767.jpg)
