America Quote by Anthony Fantano

Hawkwind are one of those bands that people introduce you to because you don't see them on the covers of magazines. I'd heard 'Silver…

— Jarvis Cocker

That the Hawkings were eccentric, even odd, was well known. That they were aloof, convinced of their own intellectual superiority over the rest of…

— Jane Hawking

I was just going more for what I've always been influenced by, European music.

— Kip Winger

I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.

— William Shakespeare

When I first heard Kraftwerk, I thought they were an American band singing in German.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

People ask me if I'm influenced by British music, and I suppose I grew up listening to mostly British music - from new wave…

— Chino Moreno

We come from Spain, from Barcelona. We could perform in many places around the world, and it's been amazing to bring our music to…

— Rosalia

I think Slayer is a funky band.

— Robert Trujillo

When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.

— Michael Stipe

I've been to India, Jordan, South Africa, Namibia, Senegal, Australia, Madagascar, Oman, The States, and a lot of countries in Europe, just to visit...…

— Jain

Actually freestyle really comes from 'Planet Rock'. If you listen to all the freestyle records you'll hear that they are based on 'Planet Rock'.…

— Afrika Bambaataa

The people playing on these songs are from Wisconsin and Illinois and Chicago and St. Louis and there’s a certain attitude that comes across…

— Pokey LaFarge