Band Quote by Paul Weller

When we were growing up, Russell and I were into The Who, The Move, The Kinks, early Pink Floyd, really good tight pop bands.

— Ron Mael

AC/DC being such a huge Aussie band is definitely something I carry with me, and it still means a lot with us being from…

— Luke Hemmings

I wasn't a Deadhead, and I didn't follow a band around, but I definitely was an old hippie.

— Conchata Ferrell

I'm thinking of putting together an all-star band. I definitely have a bit of a rock fantasy.

— Jessica Pare

If you don't try and explore genres and have freedom of creativity, you're just wasting your position as a pop band.

— Adam Anderson

The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.

— Geezer Butler

The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really liking, and…

— Panda Bear

Sometimes I forget that the label's been around so long that some of the bands they're singing now might be influenced by the first…

— Hutch Harris

I have noticed that these pop bands will play our hillbilly songs when they cain't eat any other way!

— Hank Williams

I lived in Italy for a number of years and I was really digging around trying to get my hands dirty, trying to learn…

— Mike Patton

When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be a market…

— Shane Filan

When I was 20, in 1957, and maybe you would say I was old enough to know better, but nevertheless, I was completely nuts…

— Tom Stoppard