Boys Quote by Kelly Jones

We're a band that really... It's important to us to write music and put it out there and to work together.

— John Petrucci

When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise.

— Timothy B. Schmit

Being in a boy band, everyone has an opinion of all of us and what we do. There was a time I fought with…

— Ronan Keating

It caught us by surprise when people started calling us a boy band because we'd always considered ourselves pretty serious musicians.

— Jay DeMarcus

I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having…

— Benji Madden

I guess we share some traits with different boy bands. But we are boys in a band.

— Calum Hood

It was always very important for us that we presented ourselves as a band, because it's a three-part writing process and it's a three-part…

— Lauren Mayberry

We thought being in a boy band was like the coolest thing ever. And this is before I even knew I could sing. I…

— Benson Boone

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about…

— Dee Dee Ramone

We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we should take…

— Matthew Ramsey

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'm not a go-out-with-a-band artist. I'm an intimate, storytelling folk artist. It guides the writing and makes for a concert that I'm proud of.

— Shawn Colvin