--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: We should have gone over years before…" description: "\"We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.\" — Roy Wood" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/roy-wood-31949_band_we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-th_2432026.png" --- # We should have gone over years before that. I always… ![“We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.” quote by Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/roy-wood-31949_band_we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-th_2432026.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/roy-wood-31949_band_we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-th_2432026.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/roy-wood-31949_band_we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-th_2432026.png) > “We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.” [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker regrets missing early opportunities and reflects on shared aspirations within a group. **In simple terms:** Missed early chances and shared dreams. Key Takeaway Recognize and act on early opportunities. Themes regret missed chances group dynamics Mood reflective thoughtful Type advisory personal When to use this quote - career planning - team projects - early decisions Key Concepts career timing personal ambition Questions to Reflect On - What early opportunities have you missed? - How can you create new chances? A Different Perspective Early opportunities may be limited; timing is crucial. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Thinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/) ## Related quotes > [I actually think the band doesn't need the television show. And I actually think the television show holds it back. No one at radio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendall-schmidt/i-actually-think-the-band-doesn-t-need-the-television-show-and-i/) [Kendall Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendall-schmidt/) > [I think we're a band with a lot of history now so it's nice to come up with something that doesn't have any history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-martin/i-think-we-re-a-band-with-a-lot-of-history-now-so-it-s-nice-to-come/) [Chris Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-martin/) > [I lived in Italy for three years and wanted no part of the country's disreputable way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/i-lived-in-italy-for-three-years-and-wanted-no-part-of-the-country-s/) [Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/) > [For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-corbijn/for-many-years-i-wanted-to-do-a-film-but-i-never-had-the-courage-to/) [Anton Corbijn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-corbijn/) > [For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/for-years-i-wanted-to-be-older-and-now-i-am/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [When I was nineteen years old, I was the number-one star for two years. When I was forty, nobody wanted me. I couldn't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rooney/when-i-was-nineteen-years-old-i-was-the-number-one-star-for-two-years/) [Mickey Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rooney/) > [I didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-cassavetes/i-didn-t-plan-to-be-a-director-until-i-was-35-for-years-i-wanted-to/) [Alexandra Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-cassavetes/) > [There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wopat/there-were-a-couple-of-years-when-i-wanted-to-be-a-football-player/) [Tom Wopat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wopat/) > [The song 'Why' was always in my head. Three or four years, I always wanted to do a song called 'Why' and just ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jadakiss/the-song-why-was-always-in-my-head-three-or-four-years-i-always/) [Jadakiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jadakiss/) > [“This wasn't going to last anyway. He'd have ended things in another fifty or sixty years with her. He'd never wanted anything permanent with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathewson-r-l-perfection-a-neighbor-from-hell/this-wasn-t-going-to-last-anyway-he-d-have-ended-things-in-another/) Mathewson R.L. Perfection A Neighbor from Hell > [In my early years, I wanted to be like Paul Gascoigne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-crouch/in-my-early-years-i-wanted-to-be-like-paul-gascoigne/) [Peter Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-crouch/) > [My parents have been married for 50-plus years, and I wanted to have what they had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-furnish/my-parents-have-been-married-for-50-plus-years-and-i-wanted-to-have/) [David Furnish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-furnish/) > [They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-capaldi/they-gave-it-to-us-for-about-five-bucks-a-week-and-we-just-went-there/) [Jim Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-capaldi/) > [“...The band did a salute to Stephen Foster and played 'Beautiful Dreamer' and we formed a bed. Then we played 'My Old Kentucky Home'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fannie-flagg/the-band-did-a-salute-to-stephen-foster-and-played-beautiful-dreamer/) [Fannie Flagg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fannie-flagg/) > [I was extremefrom skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band, I did it all, and all at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pink/i-was-extremefrom-skateboarder-to-hip-hopper-to-rave-child-to-lead/) [Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pink/) ## More by Roy Wood > [I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-named-it-that-because-more-or-less-each-person-from-the-band-used/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/the-best-thing-i-ever-heard-was-in-the-60s-i-heard-jimi-hendrix-play/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/unfortunately-most-of-the-songs-that-i-write-i-don-t-write-them-with/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/well-obviously-i-wanted-it-to-sound-as-original-as-possible-i-suppose/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-ve-always-been-that-way-i-m-not-very-good-at-reading-music-but-i-m/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [The first people I ever saw were probably Little Richard and Gene Vincent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/the-first-people-i-ever-saw-were-probably-little-richard-and-gene/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [I think it was probably down to the fact that we weren't together personally as a band. We weren't pulling in the same direction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-think-it-was-probably-down-to-the-fact-that-we-weren-t-together/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [We happened to be in the studio next door and I think Noel Redding came around and said, 'Do you fancy having a sing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/we-happened-to-be-in-the-studio-next-door-and-i-think-noel-redding/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which I subsequently put on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/even-though-we-didn-t-actually-record-it-as-the-move-i-had-already/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/of-course-the-wind-sort-of-swept-up-and-the-music-was-flying-around/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/to-me-blackberry-way-stands-up-as-a-song-that-could-be-sung-in-any/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/when-we-were-first-started-we-were-doing-a-lot-of-motown-stuff-but/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [I think we were probably playing live for about 12 months before we got a recording deal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-think-we-were-probably-playing-live-for-about-12-months-before-we/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/when-we-did-a-lot-of-that-motown-stuff-there-were-four-of-us-on-the/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) > [I've always been a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde. I always feel that you should keep singles as commercial as possible so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/i-ve-always-been-a-bit-of-a-jekyll-and-hyde-i-always-feel-that-you/) [Roy Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) [Explore all 16 Roy Wood quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/) ## More Band quotes > [The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoebe-robinson/the-reason-i-was-drawn-to-the-band-perry-was-because-they-have-a/) [Phoebe Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phoebe-robinson/) > [It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-mallinder/it-was-an-important-period-for-us-because-even-though-we-weren-t-a/) [Stephen Mallinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-mallinder/) > [There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-mendoza/there-is-something-to-be-said-though-when-you-have-4-or-5-guys/) [Marco Mendoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-mendoza/) > [My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-smear/my-nirvana-experience-was-much-different-than-the-other-three-guys/) [Pat Smear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-smear/) > [I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matisyahu/i-think-my-music-has-always-been-a-mixture-depending-on-whom-i-m/) [Matisyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matisyahu/) > [As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-beecham/as-you-ll-never-hear-the-thing-again-my-boy-why-not-throw-in-a-couple/) [Thomas Beecham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-beecham/) > [I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mayer-hawthorne/i-ve-always-made-sure-that-i-tour-with-bands-that-people-aren-t/) [Mayer Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mayer-hawthorne/) > [There is more to me than just having been in the Runaways. And even though I'm really, really proud of what the band accomplished,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-fuchs/there-is-more-to-me-than-just-having-been-in-the-runaways-and-even/) [Jackie Fuchs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-fuchs/) > [I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-fox/i-like-the-bad-boy-types-generally-the-guy-i-m-attracted-to-is-the/) [Megan Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-fox/) > [Bass guitar is the engine of the band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzi-quatro/bass-guitar-is-the-engine-of-the-band/) [Suzi Quatro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzi-quatro/) > [I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-collier/i-just-became-accustomed-to-being-all-the-members-of-the-band-that/) [Jacob Collier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-collier/) > [I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curt-smith/i-guess-because-we-re-essentially-a-two-man-band-we-re-attracting/) [Curt Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curt-smith/) > [I'm about as privileged as you can get. I'm a white, male, heterosexual front man of a rock band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-reynolds/i-m-about-as-privileged-as-you-can-get-i-m-a-white-male-heterosexual/) [Dan Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-reynolds/) > [I'd been playing in bands for something like seven years at this point. And we were always trying to get ahead, trying to rehearse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aerosmith/i-d-been-playing-in-bands-for-something-like-seven-years-at-this/) [Aerosmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aerosmith/) > [Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to put an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-ulrich/metallica-s-the-only-band-i-ve-ever-been-in-i-m-not-sure-that-when-it/) [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) Browse all 6,497 Band quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roy Wood" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-that-i-always-wanted-to-and-i/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Band" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-that-i-always-wanted-to-and-i/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/roy-wood-31949_band_we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-th_2432026.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/roy-wood-31949_band_we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-th_2432026.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/roy-wood-31949_band_we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-th_2432026.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.” — Roy Wood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Roy Wood", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-wood/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "We should have gone over years...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-that-i-always-wanted-to-and-i/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-wood/we-should-have-gone-over-years-before-that-i-always-wanted-to-and-i/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```