Bands Quotes · Page 18

A lot of people have reunion things, but I think bands are supposed to break up.

— Babatunde Adebimpe

We are probably one of the most licensed bands out there for movies and TV shows.

— Steve Harwell

I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about…

— Marina and the Diamonds

There are a lot of bands and performers whose careers are permanently derailed by spectacularly bad management.

— Amanda Marshall

Bands are going to MySpace because it's free and they don't have to know how to do a Web site.

— Tom Anderson

The Rolling Stones were one of the best bands ever, and 'Sticky Fingers' is one of the best rock albums I've ever…

— Buzz Osborne

Most people know we're kind of one of the only bands around right now that will admit that we're Republican.

— M. Shadows

For a lot of bands, the London club scene very much starts to become more important than the music they create. Which…

— Curt Smith

The voices inside my head are taking over, They're telling me that my life is in danger. I'm scared that the silence…

— Crown The Empire

The beauty of being in Boyzone - and maybe other bands are the same - is that as soon as you're back…

— Ronan Keating

It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style…

— Damien Chazelle

I definitely prefer to be in a band. There's too many solo people, and bands are suffering. There's too many great bands…

— Liam Gallagher

Names for bands lose their meaning after a little while. They become a series of sounds that you associate with people in…

— Brian Molko

I was in band that played mostly covers for a while, and the bands that we would cover were, like, the alternative…

— Jason Mantzoukas

You go through periods of times where bands are calling the shots, and then sometimes, you've got the record companies calling the…

— Paul Rodgers

Everything happens for a reason. Like, I kind of hear people go, 'Man, you've been in a lot of bands.' Yes, I…

— John Corabi

Too many bands record an album and feel, 'Well, this is okay,' but after a time, they grow to not like it.

— Brian Fallon

Just a lot of those bands [like The Blue Jean Committee] started off in blues, and then they all transformed into other…

— Fred Armisen

I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.

— Brian May

When I think of nu-metal, I think of Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and even Chevelle - those types of bands.

— Austin Carlile

It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own…

— Debbie Harry

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

— Britt Daniel

We became one of those bands that could be around forever like Slayer. We can go on as long as we want…

— Wayne Static

In Canada, the major centers to play are very few and far between. Bands that are traveling in Canada really have to…

— Gord Downie

Everyone loves to complain that there are no real bands on MTV, yet no one wants to step up to the plate…

— Zacky Vengeance

I have noticed that these pop bands will play our hillbilly songs when they cain't eat any other way!

— Hank Williams

When people say 'stadium songs,' it's really negative. All the festival headliners, I've realised, are usually the worst bands.

— Laurent Brancowitz

A chance to collaborate with one of my favorite bands in a completely open and supportive creative environment... some our best work.

— Dave Genn

With the success of Immature, I wanted to start the group B2K, which ended up being one of the biggest urban boy…

— Chris Stokes

I was in bands when I was younger, and that's a lot of the reason I started working solo - it was…

— Bonobo

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

— Jim Capaldi

I guess a lot of bands play around until they come up with something they like.

— Greg Saunier

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

— Van Morrison

There were some great bands in the 90s like Blur and Oasis, The Stone Roses and all that.

— Dylan Llewellyn

I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and…

— Ville Valo

The bands that do well don't get caught up in fads; they are just true to themselves.

— John Corabi

When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them.

— Charlie Watts

A lot of bands mature, which means they get square; they start delivering messages. Hey, you got a message, use Western Union.

— David Lee

When I was in top 40 bands, I always had to learn new material and new styles.

— Anonymous

Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.

— Karen O