Comfort Quote by Steve Berlin

When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise.

— Timothy B. Schmit

Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.

— Alex Turner

In my bands, I don't really walk around telling people what to play, just out of respect really. I mean, if there's something I…

— Jack White

The music that I made in my band wasn't the expression of everything I was into. Bands are based on compromise.

— Patrick Stump

Sometimes things get too layered and compressed or there's too many effects and they turn into mush on record. I strive to keep it…

— Wayne Static

With my classical training and coming from a metal band, producers didn't know what to expect. I like to shock people, though.

— Tarja Turunen

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about…

— Dee Dee Ramone

I just never really thought of not being involved, because when I write the songs I take them to a certain place and by…

— Tom Odell

I try to keep up to my producers' expectations. Sometimes, I can; sometimes, I cannot.

— Vikram Bhatt

Well obviously, when you're in a band you have to diplomatic about things. Everybody wants to put in their two cents and while sometimes…

— Dino Cazares

In a band everyone plays their part, and I look at production the same way.

— Frank Dukes

When you're in a band, it's a close-knit thing. There's a lot of emotional stuff.

— Duff McKagan