Band Quote by Martie Maguire

We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.

— Chester Bennington

I try not to mix the politics as much with the band, per se, because my political views are my own; they're not necessarily…

— David Draiman

We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes.

— Matthew Ramsey

We're not a band that takes any kind of political stance. That's not what we're about as Priest. But we're observers of what's going…

— Rob Halford

Some of the journalists who've ended up writing about our band - and this is disappointing to say - have a very narrow outlook.…

— Rostam Batmanglij

We've never been political, and our fans like us that way. Music is supposed to be fun. But we do drop a positive message.

— Pepa

There's a social piece to what's going on in the Sugarland world, but we've never been a band that's political, and I maintain that.

— Kristian Bush

People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'

— Serj Tankian

We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in…

— Lauren Mayberry

That romantic notion of a band being a total democracy is just like lying to yourself in the mirror.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

We leaders are criticized for a lot of things. It's always true after a band gets up there and is recognized by the public.

— Glenn Miller