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title: "11 Jam Band Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Journey was a jazzy jam band when they first started. They were very out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/journey-was-a-jazzy-jam-band-when-they-first-started-they-were-very/)

[Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/)

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> [I don't much like things to go by somebody's name, like the 'Bob Jones Group Jam Band.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-brock/i-don-t-much-like-things-to-go-by-somebody-s-name-like-the-bob-jones/)

[Isaac Brock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-brock/)

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> [I tend to be a jam-band fan, and I love the Rolling Stones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessy-schram/i-tend-to-be-a-jam-band-fan-and-i-love-the-rolling-stones/)

[Jessy Schram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessy-schram/)

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> [Phish is such a good band; they just make stuff up as a jam band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-jones/phish-is-such-a-good-band-they-just-make-stuff-up-as-a-jam-band/)

[Sharon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-jones/)

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> [I've never been a jam-band sort of musician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delonge/i-ve-never-been-a-jam-band-sort-of-musician/)

[Tom DeLonge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delonge/)

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> [Growing up I played in garage bands and cover bands with my older brother, and he got us a gig opening up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kelley/growing-up-i-played-in-garage-bands-and-cover-bands-with-my-older/)

[Charles Kelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kelley/)

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> [I certainly hope my music is in no way, shape or form influenced by anything that would be known as a jam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-hunter/i-certainly-hope-my-music-is-in-no-way-shape-or-form-influenced-by/)

[Charlie Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-hunter/)

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> [I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-solo/i-carry-my-ipod-everywhere-my-favorite-group-is-the-john-butler-trio/)

[Hope Solo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-solo/)

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> [ It was sort of in the jam-band era and it was at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester \[New York\], right where… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-kroll/it-was-sort-of-in-the-jam-band-era-and-it-was-at-the-capitol-theatre/)

[Nick Kroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-kroll/)

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> [In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to improvise, admittedly more in the groove area,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-scofield/in-the-states-this-type-of-jam-band-phenomena-has-opened-it-up-for/)

[John Scofield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-scofield/)

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> [I'd been playing in bands for something like seven years at this point. And we were always trying to get ahead, trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aerosmith/i-d-been-playing-in-bands-for-something-like-seven-years-at-this/)

[Aerosmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aerosmith/)

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