--- title: "25 Cover Band Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 25 Cover Band quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Cover Band sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/jarod-kintz-2_favorite-song_a-blanket-could-be-used-as-a-cover-of-yo_1901983.jpg" --- > [“A blanket could be used as a cover of your favorite song by your favorite cover band. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/a-blanket-could-be-used-as-a-cover-of-your-favorite-song-by-your/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/jarod-kintz-2_favorite-song_a-blanket-could-be-used-as-a-cover-of-yo_1901983.jpg) > [My dad had a cover band. They would rehearse in my living room while my mom was pregnant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriella-wilson/my-dad-had-a-cover-band-they-would-rehearse-in-my-living-room-while/) [Gabriella Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriella-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/gabriella-wilson-6580_band_my-dad-had-a-cover-band-they-would-rehea_1089927.jpg) > [In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-trammell/in-high-school-i-played-in-a-rush-cover-band/) [Sam Trammell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-trammell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/sam-trammell-22609_band_in-high-school-i-played-in-a-rush-cover_938248.jpg) > [Every good band in the world was a cover band first. The Beatles were and the Stones were. Everybody was a cover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-cooper/every-good-band-in-the-world-was-a-cover-band-first-the-beatles-were/) [Alice Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/alice-cooper-2435_band_every-good-band-in-the-world-was-a-cover_1479301.png) > [When I started out as a cover band, I was obsessed with Keith Urban and Jason Aldean and Eric Church; those are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lane/when-i-started-out-as-a-cover-band-i-was-obsessed-with-keith-urban/) [Chris Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/chris-lane-14172_band_when-i-started-out-as-a-cover-band-i-was_103109.jpg) > [Doug Aldrich and I grew up in Philadelphia together, and Doug used to come and see a cover band that I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-corabi/doug-aldrich-and-i-grew-up-in-philadelphia-together-and-doug-used-to/) [John Corabi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-corabi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/john-corabi-10634_band_doug-aldrich-and-i-grew-up-in-philadelph_569857.jpg) > [The best AC/DC cover I've heard? There was an all-girl cover band in America, the Hell's Belles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-young/the-best-ac-dc-cover-i-ve-heard-there-was-an-all-girl-cover-band-in/) [Angus Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/101/angus-young-4602_america_the-best-ac-dc-cover-i-ve-heard-there-wa_724587.png) > [There are a lot of disadvantages with the YouTube stigma, because no one wants to be known as just a cover band.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-goot/there-are-a-lot-of-disadvantages-with-the-youtube-stigma-because-no/) [Alex Goot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-goot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/alex-goot-61017_band_there-are-a-lot-of-disadvantages-with-th_2394173.png) > [The first time I performed onstage was at church. Then I formed a rock cover band - Pink Floyd and Joan Jett.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cailee-spaeny/the-first-time-i-performed-onstage-was-at-church-then-i-formed-a-rock/) [Cailee Spaeny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cailee-spaeny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/cailee-spaeny-24911_band_the-first-time-i-performed-onstage-was-a_1102278.jpg) > [When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-cobain/when-i-heard-the-pixies-for-the-first-time-i-connected-with-that-band/) [Kurt Cobain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-cobain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/kurt-cobain-1260_band_when-i-heard-the-pixies-for-the-first-ti_2277823.jpg) > [How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-trunk/how-do-you-possibly-say-that-a-cover-band-is-better-than-the-band/) [Eddie Trunk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-trunk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/eddie-trunk-14048_absurd_how-do-you-possibly-say-that-a-cover-ban_541010.jpg) > [One summer, when I was elementary-school age, my neighbors and I built guitars and keyboards out of scrap wood, painted them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/one-summer-when-i-was-elementary-school-age-my-neighbors-and-i-built/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/carrie-brownstein-1580_age_one-summer-when-i-was-elementary-school_2940506.png) > [When I was a little bitty kid, I was listening to the stuff my parents were listening to. My mom was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriella-wilson/when-i-was-a-little-bitty-kid-i-was-listening-to-the-stuff-my-parents/) [Gabriella Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriella-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/gabriella-wilson-6580_band_when-i-was-a-little-bitty-kid-i-was-list_929636.jpg) > [I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-legrand/i-was-in-a-led-zeppelin-cover-band-in-high-school-and-my-highlight/) [Victoria Legrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-legrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/victoria-legrand-18457_band_i-was-in-a-led-zeppelin-cover-band-in-hi_1645576.jpg) > [Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-kreutzmann/well-to-tell-you-the-straight-honest-truth-it-was-like-a-grateful/) [Bill Kreutzmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-kreutzmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/bill-kreutzmann-20927_against_well-to-tell-you-the-straight-honest-tru_928218.png) > [I had just discovered jazz, and I started singing in a kind of blues cover band at the age of 15. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hozier/i-had-just-discovered-jazz-and-i-started-singing-in-a-kind-of-blues/) [Hozier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hozier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/hozier-2856_age_i-had-just-discovered-jazz-and-i-started_822520.png) > [It's extremely important, a cappella groups get so easily pigeonholed into essentially just being a cover band, and we want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-kaplan/it-s-extremely-important-a-cappella-groups-get-so-easily-pigeonholed/) [Avi Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-kaplan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/avi-kaplan-23648_art_it-s-extremely-important-a-cappella-grou_172969.jpg) > [Weezer's 'El Scorcho.' I'm in a '90s cover band called 'Straight 2 Video' with members of the crew from 'The Vampire Diaries,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-accola/weezer-s-el-scorcho-i-m-in-a-90s-cover-band-called-straight-2-video/) [Candice Accola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-accola/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/candice-accola-21334_band_weezer-s-el-scorcho-i-m-in-a-90s-cover-b_2234583.jpg) > [Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-shaffer/not-only-was-it-enough-to-be-a-cover-band-it-was-perhaps-the-highest/) [Paul Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-shaffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a69/paul-shaffer-21772_add_not-only-was-it-enough-to-be-a-cover-ban_2411674.jpg) > [When I first started as a cover band, I built everything based on hanging out every night after the shows and talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lane/when-i-first-started-as-a-cover-band-i-built-everything-based-on/) [Chris Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/chris-lane-14172_band_when-i-first-started-as-a-cover-band-i-b_262492.jpg) > [But I think what makes a band great is that you're not trying to be someone else ever. At no point do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-trucks/but-i-think-what-makes-a-band-great-is-that-you-re-not-trying-to-be/) [Derek Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-trucks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb1/derek-trucks-11274_band_but-i-think-what-makes-a-band-great-is-t_1200812.jpg) > [We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carl-black/we-are-not-a-zappa-cover-band-we-only-play-frank-s-songs-that-were/) [Jimmy Carl Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carl-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/jimmy-carl-black-20953_band_we-are-not-a-zappa-cover-band-we-only-pl_1703360.png) > [James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-corgan/james-that-s-a-bad-situation-i-m-not-saying-it-s-not-repairable-but/) [Billy Corgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-corgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/billy-corgan-1014_bad-situation_james-that-s-a-bad-situation-i-m-not-say_461674.png) > [In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/in-the-80s-in-the-cover-band-i-was-in-we-d-slip-in-original-material/) [Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/andy-wilkinson-41009_80s_in-the-80s-in-the-cover-band-i-was-in-we_2621789.png) > [Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/years-ago-when-i-was-in-a-cover-band-and-we-were-playing-dances-that/) [Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/andy-wilkinson-41009_band_years-ago-when-i-was-in-a-cover-band-and_812977.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cover-band/#itemlist", "name": "Cover Band Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A blanket could be used as a cover of your favorite song by your favorite cover band.\u2028”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jarod Kintz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/a-blanket-could-be-used-as-a-cover-of-your-favorite-song-by-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/jarod-kintz-2_favorite-song_a-blanket-could-be-used-as-a-cover-of-yo_1901983.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/jarod-kintz-2_favorite-song_a-blanket-could-be-used-as-a-cover-of-yo_1901983.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/jarod-kintz-2_favorite-song_a-blanket-could-be-used-as-a-cover-of-yo_1901983.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A blanket could be used as a cover of your favorite song by your favorite cover band.” — Jarod Kintz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My dad had a cover band. 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