Band Quote by Joe Satriani

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha…

— Ernie Isley

I have had a place in New York in the musicians' district on the Upper West Side since 1986.

— Stephen Hough

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

— Questlove

I formed my first band when I was going to Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles.

— David Draiman

It was sort of in the jam-band era and it was at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester [New York], right where I grew…

— Nick Kroll

My first concert was Chicago and Moody Blues. I was 15 years old.

— Dale Earnhardt Jr

The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85.

— Boy George

I was in band all the way through high school, and I played in jazz competitions all across Iowa.

— Joey Jordison

First concert I saw was a British boy band called Take That when I was 14 or 15. I went with nine girls from school.

— James Corden

In the neighborhood that I grew up in - in New York on Long Island - there were a lot of musicians. For some…

— John Petrucci

The first gig we ever played was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I'm from. I was in a band called the October Game, and…

— Sarah McLachlan

I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager…

— Sarah McLachlan