Band Quote by Nate Ruess

I was in a lot of bands growing up.

— Jesse Andrews

I always wanted to be in a band with a bunch of dudes who loved Green Day and all that.

— Ashton Irwin

I liked bands like Oasis and The Prodigy.

— Vogue Williams

I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to perform with bands that have influenced me as a musician over the years.

— Joey Jordison

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

— Tom Anderson

I always wanted to be in bands.

— Frank Iero

Unlike a lot of my cohorts from the '80s and '90s who totally blamed the shortness of their careers on bands like Nirvana and…

— John Corabi

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

— Brian Wilson

So many people have to struggle for years, very few bands get success with their first record, but I was instantly successful and famous…

— Jimmy Somerville

We'd started out as a garage band and it became like a huge band, which was fine. But everything was so magnified, drug addictions,…

— Izzy Stradlin

I wanted a real band. I wanted the Rolling Stones, the Beatles.

— Christopher Owens

As a kid, I was obsessed with the Who. They were the most important band to me. Songs like "I'm One" helped me get…

— Judd Apatow