Early Quote by James Righton

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.

— Jason Newsted

I was in bands when I was younger, and that's a lot of the reason I started working solo - it was always a…

— Bonobo

I started a band just because I wanted to be in control of whatever it is I was doing.

— Bridget Everett

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.

— Martin Gore

I've never played instruments. I've always been a singer or a writer, for that matter. But I started playing in bands when I was…

— Ivan Moody

Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to play music…

— Alessandro Nivola

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That…

— Beck

I think it's important for a young musician to stick with a band for a while and really work with a band and stay…

— Mike Portnoy

I knew what real instruments I wanted and, in some cases, who I wanted to play them. I had started listening to a lot…

— Dan Bejar

Even though I've been making electronic music since I was 14, it's hard for people to see you as a producer with a musical…

— Rostam Batmanglij

I think that's an important part about being in a band, to be able to stand for what you do throughout the whole thing.

— Johan Hegg

A lot of people think that you easily get roles because you do music. I mean, you could knock on the door faster than…

— Andre Benjamin