Band Quote by Florian Schneider

When I first heard Kraftwerk, I thought they were an American band singing in German.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

Bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, who I respect, have a very robotic, dehumanised approach. They're almost an apology for machines. It's very German.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

We are not the band. I am me. Ralf is Ralf. And Kraftwerk is a vehicle for our ideas.

— Florian Schneider

I was trying to mix Kraftwerk and the Stooges and all these different kinds of things. People just didn't understand it.

— Peaches

It is not a band. It is an idea.

— Gerard Way

That's what Joe Don Rooney and I do. He plays guitar and I play bass - and there's no reason to call it a…

— Jay DeMarcus

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

I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing, it's not, really. It's pretending that it's a band.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn't, it dies.…

— Nick Cave

Before I joined Kraftwerk in 1971, I played guitar in a band called Spirits of Sound, whose members included (at times) amongst others singer…

— Michael Rother

The thing about a band is, it's not so much how good the musicians are - it's the blend of personalities and characters. It's…

— Ian Gillan

We want to be considered a band, like Maroon 5 or Coldplay.

— Kevin Olusola