Band Quote by Henry Rollins

Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.

— Brian Eno

I love the Velvet Underground, bro.

— Scarface

When we learned to play in bands, what we were covering was equal part the Velvet Underground and the Grateful Dead. That would defy…

— Bryce Dessner

I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.

— Martin Gore

It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no…

— Dean Wareham

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band

— Brian Eno

The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one.

— Ezra Furman

Doing the box set is one of those things where you get to rewrite your own history to some extent. We could take out…

— David Byrne

It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no…

— Dean Wareham

I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, but I won't front like…

— Eric Andre

I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15.

— Ezra Furman

For a long time, I thought when you do a box set, you're giving up; you're saying, 'OK, I don't have anything left.' But…

— Bob Seger