Band Quote by Jim Root

Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band.

— Matthew Ramsey

A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean it up…

— Angus Young

I don't really hear much music these days that grabs me. I think there are a lot of reasons for this but the overriding…

— Ronnie James Dio

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

— Dimebag Darrell

When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for seven years…

— Elvis Costello

Most fans probably wouldn't understand that because they're not in bands, but when there's too many cooks in the kitchen it can really ruin…

— Dino Cazares

It's all about knowing your audience. When I buy a record by a band and it sounds completely different, I'm just like, 'Why didn't…

— Brian Fallon

Not a lot of hard rock bands are just letting it all be - they're adding a lot of samples on things, or effects…

— Johnny Christ

Well obviously, when you're in a band you have to diplomatic about things. Everybody wants to put in their two cents and while sometimes…

— Dino Cazares

Our fans can kind of latch onto each and every member of the band and we're all so vastly different, so I think that's…

— Mitch Grassi

When we learned to play in bands, what we were covering was equal part the Velvet Underground and the Grateful Dead. That would defy…

— Bryce Dessner

Every now and then, a lot of bands doing the same kind of music will organically sprout up at once.

— Kathy Valentine