Band Quote by Gerry Beckley

We actually were passionate about the British bands.

— Ron Mael

I think we've always been a bit delusional and at the start we really did feel we were a cool, British-style band, but it…

— Russell Mael

I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or…

— Graham Coxon

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

— David Byrne

We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the first time I really felt the group was really…

— Fred Frith

When we came up, groups and bands and performers were interested in being their own thing. They wanted to make sure that they had…

— Philip Bailey

We didn't want to just be a cover group, we wanted to do our music, to be a band. Once we were able to…

— Avi Kaplan

We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.

— Jeff Ament

I think everyone's trying to come up together and bring up other bands along the way, and we've always been really blessed to have…

— Zacky Vengeance

That's one of the good things about a lot of the young British bands, they are mixing all styles of music. I think that's…

— Mick Jagger

We've always done a bunch of musically diverse things. We were just showing a broader side of the band, the more melodic stuff we…

— Dimebag Darrell

We always turned to the U.K. bands because they were bigger than life and celebrated not only a strong, vital, vibrant musical sensibility, but…

— Russell Mael