Doe Quote by Thurston Moore

Whether it's a song that might deviate from an artists' usual sound or even if it's still very much in their world, I think…

— Lewis Capaldi

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice…

— Ben Harper

I've been lucky enough to be in this amazing band, and to me, a band is really a collaborative unit, and that's definitely been…

— Lee Ranaldo

Sonic Youth was not a singer-songwriter band. It was an electric collective. And, whatever else people's perceptions of Sonic Youth were, it was always…

— Lee Ranaldo

You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences.

— Martin Gore

There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want…

— Michael Nesmith

The same song can have drastically different feels and personalities just by changing some minor things. A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could…

— Matt Berninger

For the people that don't know it, we've had members come and go from this band since the beginning. It's always been about collaboration,…

— John Gourley

Sonic Youth has a very democratic process for the most part. It almost doesn't matter who brings in an initial idea; everything gets worked…

— Lee Ranaldo

I think a solo moves forward the way a song does, because it's reflective of the chords that I'm considering as I'm soloing, and…

— John Frusciante

When artists try to do a whole album by themselves, the songs start to sound similar.

— Sisqo

I think with independent music, an artist gets to express himself and his creativity. I guess thats what the fans can relate to and…

— Harrdy Sandhu