Band Quotes · Page 59

When I go to a live show, I want to be moved. That's why you do it. And it's not very often…

— Hope Sandoval

I get a lot from great '90s artists like Juliana Hatfield, The Pixies, and bands like That Dog and The Breeders.

— Margaret Cho

Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years.

— Steven Van Zandt

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

— Kanye West

I have no skanky guys in my band nor on my bus. If they are they get the boot real quick

— Lita Ford

Besides the vocal warm ups, me and my band have a secret hand shake that we do just to get us all…

— Jay Sean

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

— Martin Gore

Without a band, I'm much more free to improvise.

— Jewel

I have endless admiration for people like Chrissie Hynde who've been out as the only girl in a band. I'm not sure…

— Nancy Wilson

But I think what makes a band great is that you're not trying to be someone else ever. At no point do…

— Derek Trucks

Everybody brought something unique to System of a Down, and the bottom line is when you go and do your own project,…

— John Dolmayan

I play in a band called Hellyeah, and I really love doing it.

— Vinnie Paul

Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job

— Billy Corgan

It's kind of strange to be in a band for ten years, because you've just given ten years of your lives to…

— Ryan Jarman

I like to play 'Rock Band' - a lot.

— George Hill

I like working with great talent, in every capacity. I have a rule of thumb, in any creative endeavor - whether I'm…

— Malik Yoba

I did the pilot, and when they came through and said they were going to put it on the air, I had…

— Humphrey Lyttelton

I'm actually loving the soundtrack to 'The Secret Circle' that our music supervisor Liza Richardson puts together, like Washed Out and Cults,…

— Shelley Hennig

We never claimed to be a Christian band; we just were outspoken about our faith. It's not like we knew there was…

— Sonny Sandoval

It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle

— Zakk Wylde

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

— Joey McIntyre

People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'

— Serj Tankian

There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a…

— Beth Ditto

The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band.

— Gene Simmons

I love being in a band. I love playing with other human beings. I've never practiced drums unless there was another human…

— Ringo Starr

Part of your process of becoming an adult is admitting to yourself that The Doors were a shitty band.

— Moshe Kasher

My father never had to deal with a territory band.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

Being in a rock band, I feel a certain responsibility to have a weird haircut. I mean, who else gets to do…

— Win Butler

I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn't really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked…

— Brendon Urie

When Black Flag and DOA and all those bands were touring in the early 80s, it was kind of a forest and…

— Henry Rollins

My band did the Teenage Fair battle of the bands - problem was we were 11 years old! They gave us a…

— Steve Lukather

Thomas Beecham was a pompous little band-master who stood against everything creative in the art of his time.

— John Fowles

We're the Tumblr band, really, in every sense.

— Matty Healy

I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat.…

— KT Tunstall

Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say…

— Noel Gallagher

My idea was to release four four-song EPs, just like all the old Limey shoegaze bands used to do.

— Keith Morris

I was trying to prove people wrong who said I wasn't a good guy, and I was trying to be the person…

— Oliver Sykes

We're not all Christian, so we can't be a Christian band.

— Winston Marshall

When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.

— Levon Helm

There were bands back in the '90s when I started building a rock CD collection or whatever, I would get their CD…

— Lacey Sturm