Band Quote by Adrian Smith

Bands are more willing to take risks and we don't need this big label over us anymore telling us what it means to sell…

— Mat McNerney

It costs lots of money to make records. It costs lots of money to generate artwork and manufacture and then ship things to people.…

— Matt Snell

People don't really buy records anymore, so record companies won't invest in bands like us. They want cookie-cutter acts.

— Curt Smith

I think I've done a lot in this business, whether through screwball methods or not I don't know, that has helped other bands. I…

— Benny Goodman

Some people misconstrue our band just to be a commercial venture.

— Chris Martin

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I…

— Buzz Osborne

To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band.

— Zacky Vengeance

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

— Chris Stein

It's great when a huge amount of money goes from a dumb corporation into the hands of an awesome band with brilliant ideas who…

— Alex Scally

We always operated within a sense of community not just about the band. It's important to the way we define ourselves. It's the entire…

— Lee Ranaldo

I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick…

— John Otway

This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves…

— Holly Johnson