Band Quote by Grace Potter

We're a band. We're hired for parties. We have to know what to do.

— Gord Downie

Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.

— Mike Rutherford

You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until…

— Greg Ginn

I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm…

— Tom Petty

There's a definite machinery behind everything that a band does, and sometimes it's hard to figure out how far to go in delegating certain…

— Ted Leo

A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. It's not always the best people you need, but the…

— Ronnie Hawkins

I don't really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does come that…

— Chance the Rapper

A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That's usually where a lot of disagreements come. It's four guys who are…

— Chris Cornell

A learning experience for sure. You're always learning in this business. How to work with people and how to handle your band on a…

— Sherri DuPree

You manage one band and you manage two bands and then you build a business around that.

— Haim Saban

I think I've done a lot in this business, whether through screwball methods or not I don't know, that has helped other bands. I…

— Benny Goodman

I really enjoy navigating the business aspect of having a band, and there is a great amount of instinct. You don't wanna work with…

— Lucy Dacus