Accordion Quote by Dan Hicks

Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members.

— St. Vincent

I went to an all-girls school where most people played the piano or the violin, so I didn't really know anyone who wanted to…

— Ellie Rowsell

We never had a girl in the band. Why? Certainly there's some rippin' female players in our kind of music. We have no objection…

— Ketch Secor

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

— Rick Springfield

I'm not going to say I'll never rock with a band, because I'm too much of a fan of the aesthetic of a great…

— Dawn Angelique

I did play the guitar and sing; I was in a band called The Estrogens: three females and one very brave guy.

— Carolyn Porco

I was in bands many years ago, so that's where it started. I played in bands, sang backing vocals and all the rest of…

— Adrian Dunbar

I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that…

— Oscar Isaac

It was weird. I joined this band because my life was all about singing. Then Girls Aloud became successful, and suddenly it wasn't just…

— Nicola Roberts

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

— Len Cariou

I went to a boys' school, and I didn't realize that most guys join bands because they wanted to get girls. I was not…

— Thom Yorke

Growing up in the Northwest, I did play in an all-girl band. I snuck into clubs. No one ever questioned or thought twice about…

— Meredith Brooks