Assumption Quote by Lauren Mayberry

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

You write a song; you know what you want it to sound like. With a band like ours, it's more about the collective. It's…

— Taylor Goldsmith

We wanted to write songs that we really like that incorporate everything. It seems a lot of bands want to stick with one thing.…

— Zacky Vengeance

We can do many different things as a band. But that doesn't mean we should do that. If we did all we're capable of,…

— Alissa White-Gluz

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

We want to be an important band to people for the right reasons. It's always been a goal.

— Luke Hemmings

It's not important to how the band functions or to what we do. That's just many people's opinions on what they see. A lot…

— Brody Armstrong

The act of the being in the band has very little in common with writing songs. The songs come out of it, and the…

— Tim Kinsella

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

I think all musicians and producers, they know the real goal is to come up with a record that is entertaining and not boring,…

— Black Francis

We've gone through just as much stuff as any band. We just don't choose to sing about it. Well, maybe we do choose to…

— Tony Kanal

We're all music fans and we just love being in a band, and that's why we do it.

— Joel Madden