Bands Quotes · Page 11

I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

— Anonymous

I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create.

— Jacob Bannon

It is a cliché about British bands going to America and being broken by the experience.

— Miki Berenyi

If you don't realize that there are great rock bands out there, you should look for them.

— Finn Wolfhard

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

— Elton John

I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.

— Mayer Hawthorne

Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big…

— Brian Setzer

In postscript let's just say that I am very fortunate cause I've gotten to work with a lot of great bands!

— Jim Diamond

Wallace and Gromit's contraptions are created purely for gags, but we all have the urge to invent - especially children. If they're…

— Nick Park

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 can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat…

— Johnny Marr

I don't like when bands write a record that sounds like the one they just did and they just keep doing that.…

— 3 Doors Down

I've only ever been in bands where I can be the punk rock guitar player in the band because that's all I…

— Pat Smear

That's why I don't necessarily enjoy it when bands cover other songs. You'll never recreate what has been done, especially if it's…

— Jim Root

I did exactly what I wanted to do. It was always my intention to put a band together and be a band…

— Chris Daughtry

There's an interesting thing I've seen with Australian bands: when you put them side-by-side with bands from other parts of the world,…

— Benji Madden

When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one…

— David Byrne

“You know, Aerosmith will be the thing that kills off your music. Not them directly, mind you. What they represent. Bands are…

— Thomm Quackenbush

Too many times I've heard records from bands who were obviously, like, 'Well, we're at least gonna do half as well as…

— Chad Kroeger

I've always been a fan of the band setting. I've always been a believer in bands, and I've always been in bands.…

— Frank Iero

I've always been in rock bands. I was in a rock band with my brother in high school. Then I was playing…

— Bryce Dessner

I've read a lot of fiction from writers just starting out, and the dialogue is a little bit forced, or it's almost…

— Sara Shepard

Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones…

— Kendrick Lamar

I do question a band's longevity, because most of my favorite bands only made one or two good albums. After that, I…

— Sune Rose Wagner

The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.

— Paul Stanley

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.

— Prince

My mom is very proud of introducing music to all her kids. But I played in some bad rock bands my junior…

— Miles Teller

I was someone who grew up obsessed with bands, how they were and how they treated one another, and how they treated…

— James Murphy

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

— Nancy Gibbs

Sometimes you might be a fan of bands but you don't know where they're from.

— Jade Puget

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't…

— Joe Cocker

I think I skipped a lot of music, like when I was 17 or 18. I didnt know about a lot of…

— Michael Kiwanuka

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

— Dimebag Darrell

To build my core strength, I do push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, on-the-spot running with bands, and individual runs.

— P. R. Sreejesh

B-52's are one of the most unique bands, not just sonically but aesthetically, too. When you look at them, you know it's…

— Brendon Urie

I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested.

— Courtney Barnett

I listen to a lot of metal. I'm like a teenager - I make playlists with, like, 200 bands on them.

— Max Cavalera

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

— Kirk Hammett

Having bands in the NFL would take up seats. If you take up seats in the NFL, you're losing money.

— LaMarr Woodley

When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be…

— Shane Filan