Band Quote by Isaac Hanson

We want to be an important band to people for the right reasons. It's always been a goal.

— Luke Hemmings

I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having…

— Benji Madden

We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so many years.

— Jim Root

We just knew that we wanted to be in a band. We wanted to be in a great live band and we wanted to…

— Jim Kerr

Our goal was definitely to be the biggest band in the world, for sure.

— Redfoo

What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band.

— Isaac Hanson

We wanted to make a living, but success was creating a song that we enjoyed playing. Quite honestly, that is still a measure of…

— Matthew Ramsey

We're a band that really... It's important to us to write music and put it out there and to work together.

— John Petrucci

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.

— Billy Corgan

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I…

— Buzz Osborne

We set out to become a band for our time. But sometimes if you do a good-enough job, you become a band for all…

— Glenn Frey

I think central to what we do is thinking about what's our role, how does this idea of being a band and getting on…

— Andy Gill