Band Quote by Simon Taylor-Davis

It was very interesting time to be in England. Even at that point [John] Lennon and [Paul] McCartney influenced my writing. I thought, "maybe…

— Gordon Lightfoot

It is a cliché about British bands going to America and being broken by the experience.

— Miki Berenyi

There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London.

— Craig Finn

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

We actually were passionate about the British bands.

— Ron Mael

I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or…

— Graham Coxon

So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in…

— Cee Lo Green

We're obviously a London band, and British at heart.

— Ted Dwane

There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the…

— Graham Coxon

England is a profoundly bizarre place that has produced thousands of bands the world has worshipped.

— Gene Simmons

We found love in LONDON

— Elyza El-Samman

I think we've always been a bit delusional and at the start we really did feel we were a cool, British-style band, but it…

— Russell Mael