Bands Quotes · Page 20

My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men…

— Sia

I could rap better than most of those kids in the heavy-metal bands, but it's been done so many times.

— Everlast

It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.

— Stanley Clarke

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

— Thomas Beecham

Even when I was coming through school, I was a loner and I used to study music and play it and play…

— Billy West

I'm an out and out basic man and AC/DC are one of the best rock'n'roll bands in the world, doing things just…

— Brian Johnson

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it…

— Paul Weller

Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.

— Chuck Eddy

We're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded,…

— Dave Grohl

I survived a number of garage bands during my teens and early twenties, both as drummer and guitarist. It's nigh impossible for…

— F. Paul Wilson

I think early on in my career, I was heavily inspired by bands like Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept, and films of…

— Trent Reznor

There are plenty of bands who never get in the charts and it doesn't mean that they're not any good. Actually, a…

— Ellie Goulding

A more important reason is that the bands will intuitively trust someone they think is a peer, and who speaks fondly of…

— Steve Albini

We want to be one of those bands that made their own way - a U2, a Led Zeppelin, a Red Hot…

— Sonny Sandoval

I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people,…

— Michael Franti

I was playing in bands and doing gigs from the age of 14 on. I stopped at the age of 28. Technology…

— Mitchell Joachim

Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands.

— M. Shadows

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands.

— Dave Grohl

Don't tell me that ill be fine, I'm so sick of hoping that you're right.

— Neck Deep

If you look at my history, my history is that of forming bands rather than joining them.

— Paul Rodgers

I've seen bands split up for five years and do nothing. That sounds great to me, but it just hasn't worked out…

— Joe Perry

I was playing in bands before high school even. My first band I was in at 14. And we were playing just Beatles.

— Dan Fogelberg

It's the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam.

— Graham Coxon

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters…

— Dave Grohl

We came from a small town where there was no music scene or no other bands, and we decided to put ours…

— Ed Kowalczyk

I'm still waiting for rock bands to come back, something raw and relevant.

— Greg Kurstin

Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.

— Flea

I'd say that 98 percent of the bands we've played with through the years have either broken up or are stuck in…

— David Bryan

I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to perform with bands that have influenced me as a musician over the years.

— Joey Jordison

I grew up playing in rock bands while I was listening to rap records. I like a lot of stuff.

— Ricky Reed

Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.

— Eddie Izzard

There are some rap acts that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands. The Beastie Boys could do it very easily. Digable Planets could do…

— John Popper

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult. Very, very difficult.

— Bruce Springsteen

A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still…

— John Darnielle

With the jam bands I've seen, it's about music, and it's about theory, and it's about making everyone feel better with music.

— Butch Trucks

There are so many bands always doing the same album over and over; I want to evolve, try new things.

— Neige

In a way, I pattern myself after all the bands I used to like as a kid. Every time they put out…

— Richard Prince

Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal.

— Dweezil Zappa

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.

— Matt Bellamy

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very…

— Rob Zombie