America Quote by Anonymous

It's a difficult thing, breaking in America. A lot of bands who've been massive in the U.K. for years take much longer than that…

— Declan McKenna

For any band to make it in America is a colossal challenge and very few do because it takes time and so much money…

— Jim Kerr

It's amazing how English music manages to travel to America and obviously, American music in the U.K. is massive.

— Ben Howard

If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.

— Eddie Trunk

Seriously, I lived in America for a while, I've been in lots of different bands, I write songs for all sorts of different artists.

— Chesney Hawkes

It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People…

— Kimbra

We really want to be successful in America, we really want to try it. There are not so many German bands who get the…

— Bill Kaulitz

In Canada, the major centers to play are very few and far between. Bands that are traveling in Canada really have to travel between…

— Gord Downie

When we first started in Los Angeles, we thought of ourselves in our own delusional way as being a British band, even though we'd…

— Ron Mael

The UK is always ahead of their time in music, and America always follows them five years later.

— Danny Brown

One of the best things about being in a band is that we're so lucky to be able to travel the world. It takes…

— Dan Smith

But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might…

— Michael Stipe