Band Quote by Jon Anderson

I was growing up at a time when music was growing and changing so fast. I had learned all the big band sounds of…

— Jose Feliciano

I learned a long time ago with guitars and amps or anything else, whatever band I'm in, I'm just going to sound like me…

— Pat Smear

I wanted to have a band that could rock as hard as the Who and sing like the Beatles and the Beach Boys; a…

— Eric Carmen

I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist. And that's…

— Richie Havens

When I was younger, and Iron Maiden and Def Leppard and all that stuff was coming out, I was learning all those songs and…

— John Petrucci

What made me want to play drums in the first place was Led Zeppelin and The Who. My parents had their records, and I…

— Joey Jordison

I tried to emulate my favourite guitar players, the old bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. I used to sit by…

— Ronnie Wood

I didn't start to collect records and listen to guitar players properly until I went to art school, when I'd already been playing for…

— Pete Townshend

When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going…

— Illinois Jacquet

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have…

— Norah Jones

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

— Cy Coleman

I used to be totally into Steve Vai and Joe Satriani and other shredders, and I tried to emulate what they did and really…

— Jeff Hanneman