Friday night lights Quote by Cindi Madsen

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

— Henry Rollins

“Within the space of a few shows you can hear the band morph between their various identities as savvy arena rockers, intense starship pilots,…

— Richard Gehr

“You're gonna be going to rock shows for the rest of your natural life right ladies?. You're gonna see sleezy ass rockbands. They're gonna…

— Gerard Way

“Backstage passes at a middle school choir concert. I hang with a crew who knows how to live.”

— Hannah Johnson

“But what everybody always loved Mötley Crüe for was being a fucking decadent band: for being able to walk in a room and inhale…

— Tommy Lee

I was in dire need of a band that was serious about getting out of El Paso.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

“The Rural People of East Texas Club.”

— Bobby Adair

“The best gig in the world is a packed bar on a Friday night. Reason: Everybody gets paid and everybody wants to get laid.…

— Cub Koda

Texas is where I found my musical self.

— Jerry Jeff Walker

“Now we were on the great Texas plain and, as Dean said, "You drive and drive and you're still in Texas tomorrow night.”

— Jack Kerouac

Texas is really special in that we have our own music scene, our own music chart. It's almost a genre on its own. It…

— Maren Morris

“Texas was ungodly hot. Like the circles of hell kind of hot.”

— J. Lynn