Band Quotes · Page 22

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

— Adam Sandler

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

— Paul Rodgers

I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead

— John Frusciante

I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.

— Loudon Wainwright III

All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe.

— Hunter Hayes

Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of…

— Will Carleton

It's every teenager's dream to be in a band, tour the world and be famous.

— Joey McIntyre

We've been a band longer than most of the people reading this have been alive.

— John Flansburgh

At rehearsals, I began conducting the band, counting them in without thinking. I guess it came from watching salsa legends like my…

— Little Louie Vega

Well, I have a band, Sadie and the Hotheads, and we have an album that is already out that is available on…

— Elizabeth McGovern

One of the big things that broke the band up for me, which I've become much clearer on over the years, was…

— James Murphy

The only way to be original in your songwriting is to write about your own experiences, and I think that's what we…

— Luke Hemmings

I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really…

— Levon Helm

I bought my first bass because I wanted to be in a Band, and heard that it was the easiest instrument to…

— Nate Mendel

A band requires so much rehearsal and travel logistics. I didn't mind it when I was younger, but there's not much motivation…

— Mark Kozelek

In my bands, I don't really walk around telling people what to play, just out of respect really. I mean, if there's…

— Jack White

I think 'Elbow' were considered successful even before [2008's] Seldom Seen Kid because we were living off the band. We have a…

— Guy Garvey

I took a private lesson, but it didn't really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That's really…

— Chad Smith

The Alanis Morissette tour, everybody thinks that was all sitting around, lighting candles and talking intelligently about synergy and big words. That…

— Taylor Hawkins

Whenever I am not traveling during the winter, I am pushing hard in the gym. Even when I am traveling, I try…

— Charlie Kimball

Misogyny comes naturally to a young man in his late teens; it is a function of the powerful homosocial impulses that flower…

— Michael Chabon

I think when you follow a band, you're following a - and I don't like to use the term 'brand,' but you…

— Geoff Downes

I’ll leave you guys to get acquainted. Somebody show Leo to dinner when it’s time?” “I got it,” one of the girls…

— Rick Riordan

Trenchmouth, really great band. Here's a photo of them in 1979 playing the Valley Green projects. It was an incredible, unusual experience.…

— Ian MacKaye

“We were orphans before we were ever the sons of these songs.”

— Orphans The Gaslight Anthem

Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.

— Brian Eno

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates.

— Brad Delson

Every band always tells you to raise your middle finger...

— Patrick Stump

I liked playing drums in the band, but the truth is, I always knew they were going to call Joey to play…

— Shawn Crahan

EVERY SINGLE DANCER, SINGER and BAND MEMBER is a BRILLIANT SOLO ARTIST

— Ben Brantley

Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer

— Tom Araya

I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

— Stan Getz

I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band.

— Kurt Elling

I'm happy doing different things. Being in a band is great, but being in a band can be difficult sometimes.

— James Iha

I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously.

— Colin Hay

I would not change my career to be a pro athlete. A team could trade me and my band cannot!

— Ivan Moody

What I always look for in just about any band or artists I sign is their songs.

— Seymour Stein

A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.

— David Lee Roth

The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

— Doris Day

Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it.

— Adam Rich