Accepting Quote by Alexis Taylor

Well obviously, when you're in a band you have to diplomatic about things. Everybody wants to put in their two cents and while sometimes…

— Dino Cazares

I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be.

— Davey Havok

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about…

— Dee Dee Ramone

People in bands don't have the kind of conversations people might think they have. The best things about being in a band are the…

— Thom Yorke

In my bands, I don't really walk around telling people what to play, just out of respect really. I mean, if there's something I…

— Jack White

I mean, I wasn't fortunate enough to have ever experienced starting out with a band and sticking with them, so that would be interesting…

— David Berman

Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.

— Alex Turner

I think it's always a mistake when you start connecting a band to a personality. You begin to limit what you're able to do.

— Andrew Wyatt

Being in a band is hard. Even if you like somebody, you start to argue over silly things.

— Paul Gilbert

You're in a band with someone, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to agree with everything they think or do.

— Boy George

I don't think bands should feel compelled to speak out unless they actually have something to say. I think that's a big mistake, where…

— John Flansburgh

When you're in a band, you're just trying to do whatever you can to keep your band together. You're thinking very inwardly, very myopic.

— Mike McCready