Albums Quote by Ryan Jarman

How can the Replacements be the best band of the 80s when I've never even heard of them?

— Jon Bon Jovi

The Replacements are the foundation for a lot of what came after in alternative and college rock. Let It Be is their best record…

— Craig Finn

“The Replacements made me feel a little less scared, because they made good imaginary friends. They looked like a band that would actually be…

— Rob Sheffield

The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to change album…

— Johnny Ramone

We [The Replacements] formed as a rock and roll band, and that was the path we chose to take. Whenever we deviated from it…

— Paul Westerberg

When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band…

— Ken Hensley

We were so heavily influenced by The Replacements and by a lot of hard core bands like Bad Brains, not that we sounded like…

— John Rzeznik

I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.

— Steven Soderbergh

I think of the Replacements only when they're brought up to me. For two years, I'm at home, they don't really cross my mind.…

— Paul Westerberg

My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

— Roger Daltrey

Music changed my life in so many ways.

— Ski Mask the Slump God

Each album we [The Replacements] made was the one we were capable of making and wanted to make at the time. Each one was…

— Paul Westerberg