Band Quote by Jon Gordon

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

— Van Morrison

I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super…

— Travis Barker

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

— Ikue Mori

A band that we supported called Blackfish in Manchester, played the most insane gig I've ever been to. Everything was set on fire, and…

— Matthew Healy

I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

— Anonymous

There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday…

— Sara Watkins

I played in a couple of really crummy bands, including one in the dorm I was in at MIT, for a year or two.

— Tom Scholz

That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been…

— Earl Scruggs

That's the first band I ever played in that was working and I was getting paid for it. I was 12. The other guys…

— Danny Gatton

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 was in a lot of bands growing up.

— Jesse Andrews

Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won!

— Cheech Marin