Band Quote by Russell Mael Download Open image “We're never lumped in as being an L.A. band in any kind of context.” — Russell Mael ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Band Being Context Kind Music making Never
I don't know if i have a 'take' on L.A. The music community is enormous, from the studio musicians to the bands trying to… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
That's what Joe Don Rooney and I do. He plays guitar and I play bass - and there's no reason to call it a… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We're not a band because we're trying to be the Mother Teresas of the music industry, out to serve everybody. We're a band first… — Alice Nutter Copy Share Image
L.A. is a big city that has a lot of music in it but is not necessarily known for it. A lot of musicians… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
The definition of a band is the selflessness. That's what a society is, isn't it? We're all thinking, like, together we make something great.… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together. — Josh Silver Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be in a band because I love music too much to mess it up. — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life when I… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
Most of the bands that come out of L.A. now have singers that all sound like Daffy Duck. — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
Occasionally and all-too-infrequently a song comes along that jolts you and you prick up your ears. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
The unfortunate thing with COVID is that Ron's been working separately from me, but it hasn't stopped the flow of things. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I sing and Ron doesn't want to be the singer of the band, he's the keyboard player and predominant writer of the band. There's… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We loved the Beach Boys, bands like that, but our originality came out of our lack of ability as copiers. They did mostly complicated,… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
A lot of people build up a backlog of songs and you can kind of go, 'Let's explore that song we did six years… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I like when somebody is able to create their own universe, have a consistency to it and not break from character - that's something… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
There are still some people - it's hard to believe - that aren't aware yet of Sparks. So we still kind of go at… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
There was nothing radically different about what we were doing musically or image-wise, and yet in L.A. there'd been total indifference, so to come… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Having an image was really important to us and that was kind of contrary to the bands in L.A. that we had grown up… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
As long as it elicits some kind of thought on the listener's part, that's good. If no one's paying attention to the lyrics it's… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
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,… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency,… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share Image
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands? — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
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,… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
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.… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
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. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
