Jazz Quote by Thomas Pynchon

We're a life band, a social band.

— Shavo Odadjian

“Band geeks are the original,” I explain. “Orchestra dorks are simply copying our amazingly uncool status.”

— Sarah Tregay

“Within the space of a few shows you can hear the band morph between their various identities as savvy arena rockers, intense starship pilots,…

— Richard Gehr

There is a basic language of music that I think is important for communicating with other musicians - just the kind of terminology that…

— Paul Gilbert

Bandmates argue, bandmates make up. Sometimes there are members that don't get along, sometimes they become best of friends.

— Marky Ramone

We're a blue-collar band. That's how we like to think of ourselves. We come from humble beginnings and still have this attitude of really…

— Rickey Medlocke

I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing, it's not, really. It's pretending that it's a band.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I live with all these people, I live with four people that are involved with my music and I call 'em my team and…

— SonReal

When we came up, groups and bands and performers were interested in being their own thing. They wanted to make sure that they had…

— Philip Bailey

We always operated within a sense of community not just about the band. It's important to the way we define ourselves. It's the entire…

— Lee Ranaldo

I think for a band like us, we're all really close friends. We grew up and went to school together. We're not by ourselves.

— Luke Hemmings

I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.

— Ric Ocasek