Band Quote by Michael McDonald

My older brother was the guitar player in the neighborhood band. My parents were the cool ones that had the basement for rehearsal. Rather…

— Jill Sobule

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

— Matty Healy

We started our band in a garage when we were 15.

— Benji Madden

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha…

— Ernie Isley

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 started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands…

— Oscar Isaac

When I first started making music, for about the first 10 years, I was always the young kid. Everyone referred to me as such…

— Justin Broadrick

I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers.

— Tom Chapin

I was playing in bands before high school even. My first band I was in at 14. And we were playing just Beatles.

— Dan Fogelberg

My father was always in bands. He played drums and could sing. And my grandfather was a band leader.

— Randy Rainbow

When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was around 13…

— Wadada Leo Smith

My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8,…

— Toby Keith