Band Quote by Dave Clark

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

— David Byrne

I would have loved to have been a rock n' roll star. But none of us was musical, and none of us had any…

— Ian Rankin

We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want to be…

— Michael Giles

My first instrument was the drums. Not quite sure why I quit and changed to guitar, but I'm sure my parents might have convinced…

— Jill Sobule

We've got an electric organ, a sax, drums, guitar and bass guitar. We sound less like the Beatles than most of the groups.

— Dave Clark

We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments.

— Ted Dwane

We were different. We were a rainbow. The music was a combination of all types of music. You could hear R&B, jazz, rock, even…

— Larry Graham

Drums were my first instrument.

— Dick Dale

I was a drummer and I played the guitar.

— Jam Master Jay

As a rock band, you're slightly one foot in the past, playing instruments like guitar, bass and drums.

— Matt Bellamy

I really am a firm believer that if you're going to do something musically, you really need to know what that music would have…

— John Debney

We came along at a time when people were really focused on music. We were part of the second generation of bands after all…

— Dennis DeYoung