Actor Quote by Michael Shannon

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

— David Johansen

There are a lot of bands and performers whose careers are permanently derailed by spectacularly bad management.

— Amanda Marshall

I hate the industry even more now, no bands get nurtured anymore. Labels only spend money promoting acts they know will be Top Ten.…

— Siouxsie Sioux

Bands can become absolutely huge and actually be pretty terrible musicians, and bands can be the most amazing songwriters and musicians in the world…

— Kevin Parker

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

— Chris Stein

Good bands won't get famous anymore unless they get really lucky.

— Diplo

I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity.

— Ravi Shankar

Not a lot of bands get to go out on their own terms.

— Ronan Keating

People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better.

— M. Shadows

Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should.

— Art Alexakis

We do a big business with our midsized-venue model. We don't need bands to be on the top-ten charts to make money.

— Michael Rapino

I don't want to say that most rock bands live these formulaic biography existences - but they kinda do. There's always a divorce. There's…

— Dave Grohl