Bands Quote by Gym Class Heroes

The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.

— Mike McCready

I like bands for a long time, even when they're not trendy anymore. I still like Arcade Fire. I've always liked Stevie Wonder.

— Sia Furler

I see bands that have been around for a long time who go through the motions. They're tired and they shouldn't really be doing…

— Curt Smith

I get bored quickly. I kind of take my hat off to bands who have been around for a long time and still do…

— Paul Weller

I don't want to single anyone out. I'll just say that there are a lot of not good band names out there.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

That just felt like the most natural name out of all of the names. Everything else just felt so contrived. Even now, when I…

— Nate Ruess

Depeche Mode doesn't mean anything, nor does Eurythmics. Band names aren't supposed to mean anything. I wanted something that wasn't English, and you couldn't…

— Elly Jackson

Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly, I'm so thankful that 'fun.' is the name of the band. I…

— Nate Ruess

A lot of people change their band names because they're looking for a change of atmosphere.

— Justin Vernon

My friend and I were talking about the band Limp Wrist, and how cool that name is, so we started bouncing other queer-punk band…

— Liv Bruce

'Motherwort.' 'Great Leopard's Bane.' These are awesome band names.

— Jeff Baena

I like ones that pertain to the music they make. Talking Heads does that somehow. More often than not band names are just a…

— Samuel Ervin Beam