Best Band Sayings
2461 Band quotes by 1358 unique authors
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When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.
— Brooke Burke
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I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends,…
— David Byrne
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If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.
— Geezer Butler
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The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.
— Geezer Butler
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Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to…
— Samuel Butler
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The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove.
— David Byrne
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When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.
— David Byrne
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Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them…
— David Byrne
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Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you're getting a band together in the studio,…
— David Byrne
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This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing,…
— Lord Byron
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Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.
— Jonathan Cain
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Colorado is an oasis, an otherworldly mountain place. I've played so many shows in Colorado that I think I'm the Colorado house band.
— Brandi Carlile
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I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.
— Matt Cameron
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Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.
— Jerry Cantrell
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I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet.
— Drew Carey
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When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name kind of described us. People…
— Aaron Carter
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A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
— Julian Casablancas
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But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.
— Julian Casablancas
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Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know that they're experiencing it in…
— Nick Cave
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The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn't, it dies. It's…
— Nick Cave
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
— Eric Clapton
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I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy…
— Eric Clapton
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Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.
— Les Claypool
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Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you get the personalities…
— Les Claypool
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