Band Quote by Ari Up

We treated it as another acting job. Some of these other bands had been put together, and it was their dream come true to…

— Declan Donnelly

We were put together by the public, they voted for us to be in the band. So we were very much the public's band.

— Nicola Roberts

I know nobody to blame. Kurt Cobain, I did it to myself.

— Jay Z

A lot of bands have an unfortunate past; we've dodged a lot of bullets when it comes to that.

— Tyler Joseph

We were perceived as a post-grunge band.

— Daniel Johns

We were the only band in history that was directed by an ass.

— Scotty Moore

In the band's early days people didn't really know what we were, and they decided to shout at us before listening to the music.

— James Righton

Money, ego and drugs - that's what caused the demise of our band.

— Gina Schock

Everyone we knew was forming a band. Boy George, Wham! Sade. But it wasn't a big deal, they were our friends. It wasn't like…

— Keren Woodward

I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on…

— T Bone Burnett

We were lumped into the Lite Metal radio bands.

— Kip Winger

The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we…

— Levon Helm