Band Quote by Ryan Ross

When we started playing our music, there weren't really many bigger punk bands. We wrote for ourselves. We weren't expecting to get a record…

— Chad Gilbert

We really try not to spend too much time thinking about what we're supposed to be a punk band, or whatever. We do the…

— Mark Hoppus

I really loved touring with my band, but it felt like we would spend a lot of time playing in empty rooms - empty…

— Fred Armisen

There's this wave of new pop-punk bands that has come out that's bigger than ever. I'm really glad that we got to be a…

— Benji Madden

When you start a band like we did - we started with pretty pop-punk roots - the whole plan is to get out of…

— Luke Hemmings

I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band. Just as a band band.

— Angus Young

I just wanted to keep growing and touring with my band.

— Trombone Shorty

You know, we love what we do, man, and I don't want to be one of those bands that we write an album, tour…

— Ivan Moody

Even though were not the most punk rock band, the way weve done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a…

— Brandon Thomas

I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.

— Walter Becker

We'd started out as a garage band and it became like a huge band, which was fine. But everything was so magnified, drug addictions,…

— Izzy Stradlin

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.

— Billy Corgan