I remember Green Day came down and played this South Florida club called the Plus Five. I think I was too young… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
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We've always been a band who wants to put our money where our mouths are. We have political songs, but we don't… — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences,… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come to loathe them back, as… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
When bands come from that underground scene and go into the mainstream, people just hate it. And it blows my mind. If… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
This is my dream. I ain't giving up. I see a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and they've had their… — Jacoby Shaddix Copy Share Image
There's no way you could get me onstage with someone that I didn't like. No way. I would never do that. We… — Mike Dirnt Copy Share Image
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There's a difference between 'glamour' and 'glam rock'. Glam rock, to me, is a bunch of straight, hairy, football-liking lager lads dressed… — Brian Molko Copy Share Image
We live in a culture bound by sin like bands of iron. Moral stories, quaint maxims, and life lessons shared from the… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to have,… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
To the U.S. and the world, I'm just known as some funny song and some funny music, some funny video guy. But… — PSY Copy Share Image
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Then Bono arrived, and he meant to play the guitar, but he couldn't play very well, so he started to sing. He… — Larry Mullen, Jr Copy Share Image
The band has always been such a huge part of my life and it kept me very busy. That, in combination with… — Blake Judd Copy Share Image
I am one hundred percent dedicated to Hellyeah. I love what I do in this band. I'm really proud of this band.… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
No one will ever fill Scott's shoes and I'm not trying to - he's a legend. But these songs deserve to be… — Jeff Gutt Copy Share Image
I don't really have loads of friends - three or four who are close. The thing that I love the most is… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
There's a lot of bands that get to a certain level, and it just stops. They scrap it. Compare this to, say,… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have from… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
A lot of it was really, really fun, but at some point, things started getting weird. We didn't allow each other to… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
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The first Maiden record I ever got was 'Piece of Mind,' and I only got it because I thought the artwork was… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
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It doesn't really seem any different anywhere. I'd say it seems like we're biggest in Australia. It's just that we've always been… — Jon Crosby Copy Share Image
I was on one bus with my band and crew for seven years. I didn't come to town with a karaoke tape.… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
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We speak with pride and admiration of that little band of Americans who overcame insuperable odds to set this nation on course… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
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