Band Quote by Dave Clark

We definitely needed to spend a good solid year just finding ourselves before anyone would even notice us. We had our fan-base growing around…

— Theresa Wayman

Then we did what we called basically I suppose a club tour in England, which was the time I think that our second album…

— John Deacon

We just knew that we wanted to be in a band. We wanted to be in a great live band and we wanted to…

— Jim Kerr

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 all friends who formed a band. We weren't auditioned or put together by a record label, management company or TV show.

— Keren Woodward

Back in the Seventies, we bucked the trend. Instead of going to London and handing in a demo tape, we insisted the record labels…

— Jim Kerr

There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London, so I think we've tapped into some of that. Maybe…

— Craig Finn

I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know,…

— Bruce Springsteen

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I…

— Buzz Osborne

I'm really glad we came up when we did. When we got started, the record companies were concerned with building careers. They made sure…

— Philip Bailey

We were perceived as a post-grunge band.

— Daniel Johns

When we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to go through…

— John Lennon