Band Quote by Pete Wentz

You go into the venues, and there's a huge drop-off rate in the merch lines. People don't want to miss parts of the concert.

— Troy Carter

Everyone should still want to put their music out because it's important that people still think that you are still willing to come to…

— Big K.R.I.T

The mindset of the people who put the shows on and those who go buy a ticket is so fundamentally different. The band themselves…

— Dick Latvala

I'd like to think that people see there's two ways to do things. You can put a lot of money into a band and…

— Ryan Ross

It's a strange thing, this idea that for some reason, if a lot of people like what you're doing, it's therefore not very good.…

— James Corden

Support is really important to me. It's quite a responsibility when people are paying for tickets. I've spent ten years playing for free, now…

— KT Tunstall

When I go to a concert, I can't believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that they obviously like and…

— John Hughes

There are a lot of bands coming up now that are literally thrusting their soul, their passion into something that fans can pay for…

— Grace Potter

If artists want to have people come to their shows and buy their merchandise, they really have to make a commitment to those fans…

— Steve Mahoney

If people buy into the band, you'll always have tour that sells and you'll always have that diehard base.

— Maria Brink

Bottom line: As long as we can get people to keep buying tickets to the concerts and buying T-shirts, we'll be alright.

— Jelly Roll

A lot of bands are going out and playing for nothing. A lot of bands will go out and get paid, but the gas…

— Matt Snell