Absolutely Quote by Michael Stipe

But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might…

— Michael Stipe

We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay.

— Jonathan Cain

We're more of a touring band than we are anything else, because it kind of all makes sense when we're on the stage. For…

— Gwenno

We're an American band. We liked the Grammys, we liked the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We weren't a political band, and we…

— Marky Ramone

There is so much good music from our scene in the U.K., and I'm happy I'm part of that movement. For a long time,…

— Skepta

We're not an American band, or a European band. We're a Brazilian band.

— Max Cavalera

So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from…

— Michael Stipe

I never thought we were a country band in the first place. I think we've gotten ourselves into a place where we don't underestimate…

— Coy Bowles

When we first started in Los Angeles, we thought of ourselves in our own delusional way as being a British band, even though we'd…

— Ron Mael

We've always been just an American rock n' roll band.

— David Bryan

We just thought that bands from the U.S. in general were just really boring, and they didn't represent what we felt pop music should…

— Ron Mael

The international music scene has grown so much, and America is sort of following that.

— Mariah Carey