Band Quote by Lauren Mayberry

There are bands now, and for years, that called themselves emo. I never followed that stuff.

— Jeremy Enigk

When I joined the band, I hadn't been introduced to a lot of these bands on the scene - no emo bands or punk…

— Chrissy Costanza

We hate the term and we definitely don't consider ourselves to be an emo band.

— All American Rejects

We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.

— Jeff Ament

It is not a band. It is an idea.

— Gerard Way

I almost rely on other people to say, "Hey, you ever hear of this band?" And I'll say, "Oh, I've never heard of that!"…

— John Petrucci

This band is curious enough in the brain, we like to twist things around which is nice.

— Cliff Burton

Emo: e-mo 1. A much-maligned, mocked, and misunderstood term for melodic, expressive, and confessional punk rock.

— Andy Greenwald

I actually was consciously trying to emulate bands like Bruce Springsteen, and just trying to emulate what they do structurally.

— Tom Curren

A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.

— Nuno Bettencourt

I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this…

— Guy Picciotto

It was R.E.M. who showed other Eighties bands how to get away with ignoring the rules - they lived in some weird town nobody…

— Rob Sheffield