American Quote by Jean-Michel Jarre

Kraftwerk isn't a band. It's a concept. We call it 'Die Menschmaschine,' which means 'the human machine.'

— Florian Schneider

Bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, who I respect, have a very robotic, dehumanised approach. They're almost an apology for machines. It's very German.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

When we started the band, it was a classical group.

— Grace Chatto

Before I joined Kraftwerk in 1971, I played guitar in a band called Spirits of Sound, whose members included (at times) amongst others singer…

— Michael Rother

We are not the band. I am me. Ralf is Ralf. And Kraftwerk is a vehicle for our ideas.

— Florian Schneider

We're not an American band, or a European band. We're a Brazilian band.

— Max Cavalera

I was trying to mix Kraftwerk and the Stooges and all these different kinds of things. People just didn't understand it.

— Peaches

The Ramones were American, and I knew about them, and I thought they were interesting. But they were like a pop band to me.

— Rick Nielsen

I know more polkas than Frankie Yankovic. I grew up next door to the Polka Tavern in Milwaukee. I can sing some polkas. And…

— Al Jarreau

I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or…

— Graham Coxon

We really want to be successful in America, we really want to try it. There are not so many German bands who get the…

— Bill Kaulitz

The New York Dolls are the only band that we grew up on that we haven't played with.

— Tommy Lee