Band Quote by Holly Johnson

From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it.

— Beth Orton

I wanted to be in a band that shared ideas and were in it together.

— Roger Daltrey

Part of why I was drawn to making dance music was convenience. It was the type of music I could make without a band,…

— Nicolas Jaar

When I was a kid, I never thought I would ever be able to make records and never really thought seriously about a musical…

— Steve Miller

There was a movement called 'disco sucks', it was a shame to like disco, but then there was no music to dance to, so…

— David Guetta

Disco was brand new then and there were a few jocks that had monstrous sound systems but they wouldn't dare play this kind of…

— Grandmaster Flash

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and…

— Thurston Moore

It's such a normal thing for a dance producer to make music and try it out in the club, but that was relatively new…

— Kieran Hebden

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to dance, sing and perform.

— Gina Holden

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was, in a way, very basic. So all I…

— Thurston Moore

I wanted to find raw talent and help build it from scratch. I wanted to build from rags to riches. That's the way Ear…

— Mike Will Made It

We wanted to guide the musicians, so we could create our own sound. We would never let the band just go in and play…

— Lamont Dozier