Alive Quote by Danny Carey

What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band.

— Isaac Hanson

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.

— Billy Corgan

Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music of the future and unfortunately it was a band…

— Wayne Kramer

Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the…

— Isaac Hanson

We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting…

— Zacky Vengeance

We want to be an important band to people for the right reasons. It's always been a goal.

— Luke Hemmings

We were put together by the public, they voted for us to be in the band. So we were very much the public's band.

— Nicola Roberts

We were working in entertainment, in the music industry, with popular music, it was important, but it was something that we also felt was…

— Stephen Mallinder

Money, ego and drugs - that's what caused the demise of our band.

— Gina Schock

We ceased to be a band the moment we made it. It left us with nothing. We felt like a failure although we had…

— Morten Harket

We treated it as another acting job. Some of these other bands had been put together, and it was their dream come true to…

— Declan Donnelly

We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so many years.

— Jim Root