Downtown Quote by Anonymous

Rick Rubin came to my concert in Orange County, Calif. I believe this was, like, '83 when he first came and listened to the…

— Johnny Cash

I worked as an artist, played in a band, met Andy Warhol, Christo, Lou Reed, and David Byrne. I had fun.

— Mary Lou Jepsen

I went to L.A. to be a drummer in a band.

— David Thibodeau

I broke up the band in the office in Gerrard Street.

— Georgie Fame

I met Rick Rubin through Cat Collins, a DJ friend of mine that had worked for Rubin at American Recordings.

— Jim Cornette

I had a band with David Gates. There was just a lot of opportunity at that time. But I left for Los Angeles the…

— Leon Russell

I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

— Anonymous

I was in Hollis' band for eight years, playing drums. At one time we had Barry Beckett, Jimmy Johnson, David Hood - everybody but…

— Donnie Fritts

I was a drummer living in Los Angeles in 1990. I had finished music school and was playing with a band. It wasn't going…

— David Thibodeau

We worked as a team... I was one of the band.

— Jonathan King

After about a year or so, I was in L.A.; I'd decided to try to get a band together out there

— Stephen Stills

I was in the band for the first six albums.

— Steve Porcaro