Band Quote by Michael Stipe

We were put together by the public, they voted for us to be in the band. So we were very much the public's band.

— Nicola Roberts

We just knew that we wanted to be in a band. We wanted to be in a great live band and we wanted to…

— Jim Kerr

We were perceived as a post-grunge band.

— Daniel Johns

As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

— Isaac Hanson

We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we should take…

— Matthew Ramsey

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk…

— Benny Goodman

I saw how hard it was for even really talented bands to reach an audience.

— Tom Anderson

We ceased to be a band the moment we made it. It left us with nothing. We felt like a failure although we had…

— Morten Harket

Bands speak for us in this inevitable way that you can't get anywhere else because it is this perfect balance of artistic expression and…

— Taylor Goldsmith

We didn't want to just be a cover group, we wanted to do our music, to be a band. Once we were able to…

— Avi Kaplan

Even when we were at that point when we had very few fans, we never felt like a small band. We always felt like…

— Zacky Vengeance

People have been introduced to our band in so many ways. Whether we were playing at their college or we were the record that…

— Ed Robertson