Band Quote by Adam Rich

Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've got a…

— Jason Isbell

In our band, we had such an interesting democracy, and it worked really well.

— Nancy Wilson

That romantic notion of a band being a total democracy is just like lying to yourself in the mirror.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

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

— Bruce Springsteen

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

— Bruce Springsteen

It's really hard to maintain a band as a democracy. Again, I think there's been a shift. There's a lot of emphasis put on…

— Ed Droste

I try not to mix the politics as much with the band, per se, because my political views are my own; they're not necessarily…

— David Draiman

Sticking to our guns creatively is the only way we'll ever survive as a band and be happy.

— Ted Dwane

We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could…

— Adrian Smith

There's a social piece to what's going on in the Sugarland world, but we've never been a band that's political, and I maintain that.

— Kristian Bush

I'm realizing this more and more that it's one thing to get involved with your own political beliefs and stand behind you believe in…

— John Petrucci

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

— M. Shadows