Inspiration Quote by Kate Pierson

Our vocal harmonies started to feel like a cop-out: all group-singing, all the time.

— Robin Pecknold

I think what we tried to do lyrically, vocally and musically was to capture a sound.

— Stephen Mallinder

When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in…

— Roy Wood

I dont think anything we've ever done has ever sounded the same. But we have that same vibe whatever we do because of our…

— Sarah Harding

We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.

— Anonymous

Something we're really known for is our signature harmonies, our great melodies - stuff that just makes you feel something and moves you.

— Howie Dorough

Our music was, like, Doors-y, but trying to be classical. We all took music classes and tried writing songs, and when we put them…

— Fab Moretti

When we recorded 'Iowa,' we jammed, we went through the songs, we played as a band and we recorded as a band.

— Jim Root

I was obsessed with harmonies and how to put songs together in lush soundscapes. But I don't know what it was all about, really.

— Dan Smith

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

— David Byrne

When we first started as a band we knew we could all sing and we took harmonies from Mayday Parade which doesn't seem like…

— Luke Hemmings

I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was…

— Brian May