Anything Quote by John Dolmayan

There's no point in bringing together a talented band if you don't let them do their thing.

— Imelda May

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's a very collaborative, collective attitude. That's a very female principle. We try to nurture that aspect of the band.

— Kate Pierson

I'm the band leader. That's not to say that the other people are my minions - they all put in a tremendous amount of…

— Michael Gira

When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them will be…

— Kathy Mattea

There's a definite machinery behind everything that a band does, and sometimes it's hard to figure out how far to go in delegating certain…

— Ted Leo

I reckon people's attitude to us is a challenge that motivates you to show them what this band can do.

— Luke Hemmings

With some bands, there's a fear that if people do other things, the band is going to change and not hold it together. That's…

— Jeff Tweedy

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling -…

— Ben Harper

It is difficult to be that band that doesn't do things the way other bands do it. It's a blessing and a curse.

— Tobias Forge

The thing about a band is, it's not so much how good the musicians are - it's the blend of personalities and characters. It's…

— Ian Gillan

I think it's always a mistake when you start connecting a band to a personality. You begin to limit what you're able to do.

— Andrew Wyatt