Band Quote by Emily Haines

I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be.

— Davey Havok

You know, there's so many great bands out there, visual bands, that we have to do something that makes us individual, and makes us…

— Maria Brink

I think being in a place where there is nothing happening is very inspiring because you have to make your own fun, you are…

— Kate Pierson

Bands work in a way where everyone, at some point, has to have a similar idea of how you do things.

— Chris Cornell

Bands speak for us in this inevitable way that you can't get anywhere else because it is this perfect balance of artistic expression and…

— Taylor Goldsmith

It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in any category…

— David First

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

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

— Luke Hemmings

The limitations and parameters of a band is something I've always enjoyed: so many creative people coming together and raising the music to places…

— Grace Potter

That taught me one lesson which is that you're naive to believe that bands can change the world. Bands are very naive to think…

— Billy Bragg

The definition of a band is the selflessness. That's what a society is, isn't it? We're all thinking, like, together we make something great.…

— John Dolmayan

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.

— Jonathan Meiburg