Band Quote by Mick Jagger

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're obviously a London band, and British at heart.

— Ted Dwane

We were bunched up with Southern bands, and there's nothing wrong with that at all. We just wanted to make it clear we weren't…

— Dusty Hill

The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so…

— Anonymous

It is a cliché about British bands going to America and being broken by the experience.

— Miki Berenyi

I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or…

— Graham Coxon

Britain, as a pop music nation, used to have this very 'empire' kind of attitude. We used to 'invade' the world with our bands,…

— James Dean Bradfield

I think it's harder for R&B to break in England because the radio and labels don't really know what to do with R&B music.

— Ella Mai

We didn't really expect to achieve anything outside of the UK, and it just went crazy. It's just crazy that people know our music.…

— Zayn Malik

I understand why there's a natural suspicion of the "Next Big British Band."

— Gary Jarman

Not part of any London combination and you have to go a long way from London really to... to throw that feeling off. So,…

— Derek Taylor

Well I've never been to England But I kind of like the Beatles.

— Hoyt Axton