Band Quote by Evan Dando

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

— David Johansen

If you look at my history, my history is that of forming bands rather than joining them.

— Paul Rodgers

I guess the bottom line is I don't make music that is consumed en masse.

— Kelela

I never understood bands who were only influenced by a narrow era of, say, five years of music.

— Matt Bellamy

We've never been a musically fashionable band. We've been successful, but I think that has something to do with us never following the trends.

— Curt Smith

I still consider myself a consumer of music more than anything else.

— DJ Shadow

Crowdfunding as an idea itself isn't new - bands have been doing it since the dawn of time.

— Amanda Palmer

We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the…

— Ville Valo

We're all from very un-wealthy families, and we came together more naturally than most bands do.

— Luke Hemmings

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

— Chris Stein

I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force.

— Mike Love

We really look up to bands like INXS and Midnight Oil who always stayed true to their roots.

— Calum Hood