Rod Stewart Quotes

I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.

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• Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Up
  • Change
  • Band

• I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.

  

  Zack de la Rocha Rage Against the Machine
  • World
  • Band
  • Sacrifice

• I always wanted to be in a boy band since I was a kid.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Band
  • Always
  • Boy

• Obviously any band, any group, someday is not going to be together anymore. That's the truth.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Truth
  • Together
  • Band

• I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they're really unparalleled.

  

  Edgar Winter
  • Up
  • Time
  • Music

• What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

  

  Daisy Berkowitz
  • Song
  • You
  • Band

• There were so many specific things from high school jazz band that I remembered: the conductor searching out people who were out of tune, or stopping and starting me for hours in front of the band as they watched.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • People
  • School
  • High

• I learned a lot from playing those late-night, 1-to-4 A.M. gigs with my band, and playing when no one was listening.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Night
  • Band
  • Listening

• 'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up and play the guitar and be at the forefront of the band. It's also the album on which I began to address religious issues in my music, and I think that happened simply because the time was right for it.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Music

• When I was a kid, and it was time to go to college, I thought, 'College is for people who don't have the street smarts to make it on their own - get in a band, get in a van, and get rockin'.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • People
  • Time
  • College

• If you don't know one thing about Kid Rock it's that he's loyal. His band has been together for a long time, he stands by his friends, and the guy still lives in his home state of Michigan.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Time
  • Long
  • Home

• The music is at this weird intersection of dance music and indie music. It's not quite dancey enough to do a full-blown DJ set, and it wasn't quite rock enough for a rock band. But I guess it's what makes us unique - drawing from a lot of different influences.

  

  Washed Out
  • Music
  • Different
  • Band

• In a band that works out well, everybody has a certain role to fulfill.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
  • Band
  • Role
  • Well

• The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists; they remain a cataclysmic threat to the whole of human society and the natural environment.

  

  Barry Commoner
  • Society
  • Small
  • Band

• The idea of a band nowadays is 5 pretty boys, one with a tattoo, one with a shaved head, and on and on. What the fuck is that? I mean, I like Britney Spears, I think she's pretty, but I'm not from the Mickey Mouse Club-I'm from the Godzilla Club!

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • She
  • Pretty
  • Band

• Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.

  

  Freddie Mercury Queen
  • Time
  • Success
  • Band

• I have a band called M&O. We were working on our first album in 2011 or 2012. We were looking for people to collaborate with, and I met Chance through a Young Chicago Authors poetry slam.

  

  Jamila Woods
  • People
  • Band
  • Poetry

• Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band programs in the country at the time.

  

  Bobby McFerrin
  • Time
  • Country
  • School

• I think we're pretty spiritual people, the band in general. We're not a bunch of hippies or anything like that, but we like to work together and work with people. We believe that positive energy is pretty necessary in life, although it's not always easy to maintain.

  

  John Gourley Portugal. The Man
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• There's some bittersweet feelings about leaving the people here [in the White House]. 'Cause even though all the team you assemble, you know, you're going to stay in touch with 'em, it's not the same, you know? The band kind of breaks up.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Up
  • House

• Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.

  

  Eli Roth
  • Movie
  • Star

• I feel birth, death, marriage is destined, and these things can't be manipulated. I have surrendered my life completely. So, whenever it happens, I will accept it.

  

  Sakshi Tanwar
  • Life
  • Death
  • Marriage

• 'Peace' means rules respected by everyone - big or small, rich or poor - means cooperation. It means respect for human rights and dignity.

  

  Miroslav Lajcak
  • Respect
  • Peace
  • Human

• I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.

  

  Rod Stewart
  • Band
  • Careers
  • Solo