Amount Quote by Janis Joplin

I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.

— Dimebag Darrell

I like having a big band because it gives you more options. They can always not play and I can do the quiet stuff,…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are. We realized…

— Aaron Dessner

I wanna play hard rock. I wanna play loud drums.

— Bill Ward

I always want to rock.

— Anonymous

Even if you're the biggest band in the world, there's probably something else you want.

— James Righton

It is very important to me that my songs can sound amazing with a big band or orchestra, but just as powerful and touching…

— Tessanne Chin

I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good…

— Patrice O'Neal

...the music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out of a…

— Mark Knopfler

Guitar, drums, load up, I'm getting high.

— Def Leppard

I wanted to have a band that could rock as hard as the Who and sing like the Beatles and the Beach Boys; a…

— Eric Carmen