Band Quote by John Densmore

Growing up, my family wasn't very tight. We were more like a tour group with secrets.

— Dennis Miller

We chose to be a family, not a band.

— Kevin Jonas

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.

— Billy Corgan

There were some miles-better bands than us. We were conscious that we weren't the best or the smartest, but we certainly knew how to…

— Shaun Ryder

The reason Strapping Young Lad was such a good band was we were honest about what we were doing.

— Devin Townsend

We wanted to create the kind of band of whom I'd be jealous if we went and saw them. We dug deep inside and…

— Joey Jordison

We used to really feel like the band was our family.

— Chris Frantz

We were put together by the public, they voted for us to be in the band. So we were very much the public's band.

— Nicola Roberts

We're all from very un-wealthy families, and we came together more naturally than most bands do.

— Luke Hemmings

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk…

— Benny Goodman

We just knew that we wanted to be in a band. We wanted to be in a great live band and we wanted to…

— Jim Kerr

People have been introduced to our band in so many ways. Whether we were playing at their college or we were the record that…

— Ed Robertson