Appearance Quote by Tom Verlaine

We don't have the big-band mentality. We never wanted to become a big band.

— Fab Moretti

The thing is that honestly we haven't had an audience. And we have a chance to have an audience now. Which is great because…

— Jonathan Meiburg

We were perceived as a post-grunge band.

— Daniel Johns

KISS has always been outside of the borders of what other bands can do. Not that some of these other bands wouldn't want to…

— Paul Stanley

I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet.

— Chris Martin

Some of the journalists who've ended up writing about our band - and this is disappointing to say - have a very narrow outlook.…

— Rostam Batmanglij

We're a pop art band. Not a pop band.

— Chris Stein

I think we appreciate the musicianship we're surrounded with. Too many bands - it's an ego trip for the leader.

— Derek Trucks

We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so many years.

— Jim Root

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

Bands speak for us in this inevitable way that you can't get anywhere else because it is this perfect balance of artistic expression and…

— Taylor Goldsmith

We're not really band guys. We're shlumpy guys. We don't look like rock stars.

— Kyle Gass