Bands Quotes · Page 16

I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods.

— Nikki Sixx

I'm really interested in bands that sound nothing like anything I do or can do. That's what interests me.

— Andy Partridge

Some bands, they're too snooty, or they think they're too this or that and wouldn't talk to us. And some other bands…

— Rick Nielsen

We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.

— Greg Ginn

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

— Juliana Hatfield

As long as there are teenage girls, there will be boy bands. It's a question of how long it takes them to…

— Nick Lachey

I've been requested by hundreds of metal bands to be part of their albums or side projects.

— Tarja Turunen

Authentic rock and roll is a sound that I've always been drawn to with bands like Brand New and Jimmy Eat World.

— Ryan Hurd

Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all, Or if he moves will…

— Black Sabbath

Bands can become absolutely huge and actually be pretty terrible musicians, and bands can be the most amazing songwriters and musicians in…

— Kevin Parker

Our greatest hope comes from the knowledge that the Savior broke the bands of death. His victory came through His excruciating pain,…

— James E. Faust

My favorite bands were Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad. If you listen to some of my…

— John Tesh

I was the lead singer in a lot of the bands I was in. You have to be comfortable. You gotta get…

— Richie Sambora

I create a guise or a band that I can operate within, and within each one of those bands, I've got an…

— Mike Patton

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. It…

— Kelly Jones

There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had…

— Fred Armisen

Basically, every band that makes it has some dude with some sense of business. I don't know if our band would've been…

— Paul Banks

Florida is such an unlikely place for a band, unless you're an emo or hardcore band. In terms of the touring route,…

— Carrie Brownstein

The three of us [me, Mike Dean, Woody Weatherman] all learned how to play our instruments together. We had a common interest…

— Reed Mullin

I had been digging so much for my show, Minimal Wave - constantly finding fresh old material to play every week -…

— Veronica Vasicka

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until…

— Courtney Barnett

There's definitely a love-hate relationship I think a lot of bands have with touring.

— Declan McKenna

Most punk rock bands just have a guitar, bass and drums. The Descendents, the Ramones, you name 'em, it's just how it's…

— Chad Gilbert

I liked anything that was a little bit weird, a little bit different. I always went for the psychotic, weird, 'dingey' bands.

— Kurt Cobain

Being in bands and plugging away with not many opportunities and no money for many years really shaped me and taught me…

— James Arthur

When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro…

— Steve Vai

I got introduced to Western music and it inspired me. One of my favourite bands is Pink Floyd.

— Anupam Roy

I'm finding it hard to listen to other rock bands. It's been hard for me for a long time, but now I…

— Matt Tong

Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

— Jerry Harrison

There are plenty of very different sounding bands that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands.

— John Popper

Sublime is one of my favorite bands; I've been listening to them my whole life.

— Loren Gray

We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show.

— Winston Marshall

Tribute bands have kind of taken over the market, and I don't want to come across as being that.

— Denny Laine

I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music…

— James Vincent McMorrow

“All bands eventually break up because of one or more of the four P's: power, property, prestiege, pussy.”

— Dave Mustaine

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

— Jonathan Davis

Most bands people have side projects and it's not considered a death threat as it was say, with The Beatles.

— Stevie Nicks

The south is very focused on family... the musical heritage of Muscle Shoals especially and the bands from the region.

— Jason Isbell

I've always had a good time in bands, and when I wasn't having a good time, I left.

— Peter Frampton

I wish there were more good new bands that would light a fire and offer a little friendly competition that would be…

— Anthony Kiedis