Band Quote by Mark Knopfler

Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.

— Alexei Sayle

Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured.

— John Hawkes

The first band I was ever in, I played guitar. We did Gary Glitter and Green Day covers at the time. We were called…

— Jack Antonoff

I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and…

— Robbie Robertson

We were all friends who formed a band. We weren't auditioned or put together by a record label, management company or TV show.

— Keren Woodward

I was the drummer in a band called Hemsworth for a brief stint, too - it was not very great. I didn't even write…

— Ryan Hemsworth

There were a number of false starts where I was trying to make solo albums. They would get constantly folded into group efforts. In…

— Lindsey Buckingham

The reason I formed my own band in the first place is so that I could step up as the singer.

— Ben Jackson

I started my band when I was 13 years old. We were a real band.

— Matty Healy

My first solo band, the foundation was myself, Adrienne Hayes, who was my guitarist, and Little Annie Raines, who was my harmonica player. The…

— Susan Tedeschi

I started in a band called Timbiriche, we toured the world when I was 8; I have 23 albums.

— Paulina Rubio

I was in the band for the first six albums.

— Steve Porcaro