Bands Quotes

696 Bands quotes by 502 unique authors

I used to think when I was in the Go-Go's that we were as wild as any of the boy bands. — Jane Wiedlin
The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by… — Martin Denny
We weren't listening to guitar bands, we were thoroughly ashamed of being a guitar band. So we bought loads of keyboards and learned how to… — Thom Yorke
I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands. — Krist Novoselic
New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional… — Wynton Marsalis
I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like… — Jon Anderson
In people's eyes, in the swing, tramp, and trudge; in the bellow and uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses, vans, sandwich men shuffling and swinging;… — Virginia Woolf
We saw Time's varied traces Were deep on every hand - Indeed, upon the people, More marked than on the land. The bands that once… — Eliza R. Snow
It is never wise to slip the bands of discipline. — Lew Wallace
Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of… — Douglas Coupland
We were playing a small club in San Diego and the power had gone out in the building. Eddie had a lighter and kept us… — Jack Irons
Whether you like another bands music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going… — Adam Rich
We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than… — Adam Rich
A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off. — Adam Rich
Upwell is one of the most terrifyingly great bands I have ever known out of Seattle. Their musicianship and songwriting is monstrous... They're heavy like… — Unknown Author
The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. — Norman Granz
In my first bands I was a singing guitar player, but if you heard any of those songs you wouldn't describe me as a singer.… — Glenn Tipton
When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite… — Evan Dando
I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their fingers at us… — Glenn Miller
I love the Arctic Monkeys . Who doesn't? I'd love to see them live, but haven't got round to it yet. I never get to… — Jack White
For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A lot… — Jack White
The pirating thing is bad. The people it hurts the most are the ones you least think it hurts. It's not the big Britney Spears… — Rob Zombie
There were a lot of times where there was a great deal of fodder recorded and played, because there was a market for it -… — Woody Herman
But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be… — Stephen Malkmus
If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time… — Stephen Malkmus

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