Band Quote by Dan Smith

The first turning point, when I stopped doing things by myself and the Bastille project began, was the inclusion of more electronic music into…

— Dan Smith

In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers took off,…

— Kim Gordon

We always used to describe ourselves as an instrumental band. Basically, the music was always instrumentally based, so the songs always came later.

— Ian Gillan

It's such a weird thing nowadays, too, when people are fans of the songs and not the bands.

— Lewis Capaldi

There was a euphoria in the music and the way it was delivered, and as the crowds started to get bigger, it fed off…

— Noel Gallagher

Perhaps the bands emerging nowadays don't have the right context around them to help them grow. We were born at the right moment where…

— Joselo Rangel

I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band.

— Kurt Elling

For the people that don't know it, we've had members come and go from this band since the beginning. It's always been about collaboration,…

— John Gourley

I guess a lot of bands play around until they come up with something they like.

— Greg Saunier

I must say it was not very inspiring to see that tons of new bands emerged from nowhere and started to play the exact…

— Varg Vikernes

We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the first time I really felt the group was really…

— Fred Frith

We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we should take…

— Matthew Ramsey