About Quote by Steve Marriott

We actually were passionate about the British bands.

— Ron Mael

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

— Ted Dwane

We always turned to the U.K. bands because they were bigger than life and celebrated not only a strong, vital, vibrant musical sensibility, but…

— Russell Mael

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 is so much good music from our scene in the U.K., and I'm happy I'm part of that movement. For a long time,…

— Skepta

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

I should have put the emphasis on America a little earlier - toured there or done something. But I never did.

— David Essex

When we started out in the U.K., there were songs that we made, we put them on the Internet, and we immediately started touring…

— Dan Smith

We didn't really expect to achieve anything outside of the UK, and it just went crazy. It's just crazy that people know our music.…

— Zayn Malik

But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might…

— Michael Stipe

I never really paid much attention to music that was going on in the UK. I was always looking towards the States for my…

— Albert Lee