Band Quotes · Page 149

There's always some promoter having an '80s night, saying, We'll supply the band. All you can drink.

— Nik Kershaw

You can't deny a band whose fans will literally do anything to see them win the awards. We're very appreciative to the…

— Andy Biersack

As an artist, I wear many hats: musician, songwriter, producer, band member of Blues Traveler and solo artist.

— John Popper

After I quit my band, I definitely was so full, like I'm so full I could never eat again. I had that…

— Jason Schwartzman

I spent a good amount of time with David Bowie, and I was talking about getting the band back together. He said,…

— James Murphy

For a band like us, one that you don't necessarily hear on the radio, it's our fans that keep us alive and…

— John Petrucci

I really loved touring with my band, but it felt like we would spend a lot of time playing in empty rooms…

— Fred Armisen

Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the…

— Henry Rollins

Having been a singer in a band, back in my youth, music is really important to me.

— Mick Garris

I am not opposed to doing a side project, like Death Cab for Cutie, where it's completely different from my own band.

— Ryan Tedder

For 10 years, I had a band called Steel Train. We made three albums. We toured like crazy.

— Jack Antonoff

Navigating with a partner makes it half as difficult. We keep each other in check. It's not like she [Angie Marr] was…

— Johnny Marr

Having a band was part of my heart's desire, musically. Within myself, I was saying that, 'Not until you have a band…

— Burning Spear

I'm bored of just being in a band and touring.

— Hunx

Nightwish is my band, and so is Revamp. They both get my 100 percent, which is why I also cannot do them…

— Floor Jansen

I don't know how it happened, but everyone thinks I'm this crazy b***h. Maybe because I don't have eyebrows. A lot of…

— Jeffree Star

Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But…

— Dave Gahan

Power is the band that we perceive things on. In radio we have stations. Frequencies vibrate at certain rates and within those…

— Frederick Lenz

Wearable technology is a big trend, and a lot of people have been trying to figure out how to take it from…

— David Lauren

For me, a band like Gojira brings something really cool and new to the table.

— M. Shadows

What an unreliable thing is time--when I want it to fly, the hours stick to me like glue. And what a changeable…

— Rohinton Mistry

Piper took me one step further in that it got my first real recording contract but the band just didn't quite mature.…

— Billy Squier

It's a band singing on how metal should be played, the effect it has on the band and its listeners.

— Christopher Lee

My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.

— Jonny Lang

With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music.

— Paul Rodgers

Music is so strong, so powerful, and such an amazing tool and bands that don't take that into account and feel that…

— Michael Sweet

We don't have the big-band mentality. We never wanted to become a big band.

— Fab Moretti

Fleetwood Mac are more like a folk-rock band.

— Ann Wilson

Formerly known as The Muslims, The Soft Pack brings a lot of swagger to its garage-rock sound. There's a load of gimmick-free…

— Anthony Fantano

I had a lot of band shirts that just magically disappeared.

— Sophie Thatcher

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want…

— Billy Corgan

I don't have one favourite band. I like everything.

— Sidney Crosby

From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was…

— Brian May

Black people created punk - the band Death was way before The Ramones. Same with Bad Brains. If you think about it,…

— Princess Nokia

For a band to make it to four albums is no small feat in itself.

— Luke Hemmings

With a band I feel stronger. It's not just me and my weird thoughts.

— Eliot Sumner

I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I got to perform the [Jaques] Ibert Concertino Da Camera with a brilliant pianist at school named Chunga. I got to perform…

— Jon Gordon

My band and I sometimes can't believe where we are in the world and what we're doing. But I'm very privileged to…

— Amy Macdonald

I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential.

— Yannis Philippakis