Jeff Lynne Quotes

The first band I saw were Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, in their brown mohair suits, in 1966.

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• The best part of touring, still, is touching people's hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • People
  • Band
  • Best

• I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Team

• I'm just not somebody who can sit around doing nothing, and all of us in the Foo Fighters have our own things outside of the band. I'm not going to use the cliche that those outlets bring us back fresh and with new ideas, but what I will say is that it keeps us all feeling free - and that creative freedom is a very positive thing.

  

  Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters
  • Free
  • Freedom
  • Feeling

• All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Done
  • Art
  • Me

• I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Good
  • Song
  • Problem

• I think I'm a fun flatmate. I'm always cheerful. I go on tour with my band so it's 12 people on one bus and I feel like I'm the one who's happy in the morning. I'm not a chaotic person, but I might slack off on doing the dishes from time to time.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • People
  • Time
  • Happy

• 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

• I came up in a time when Springsteen, the Stones, Dylan, and the Beatles were still dominant. For every magazine cover with a new band, there were five covers with one of those guys.

  

  Beck
  • Up
  • Time
  • Band

• If our kids want to do music, they are going to have to have a hard row to hoe just like any other band under the sun, and they're going to have to want it more than anyone else.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Music
  • Kids
  • Want

• We have not had any disagreements about clothes, smoking or L'Wren, and this is all very hurtful for her... It is completely untrue to say that L'Wren has caused a rift between myself and the rest of the band. This is all nonsense, everyone has their own style.

  

  Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
  • Band
  • Style
  • Rest

• Joining another big time rock band was the last thing I was looking for, but as the tour went on, I really dug playing to a lot of people, the band sounded great, and just being out there again, got me over my depression and so I decided to hop on board.

  

  Matt Cameron Soundgarden
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• I have a karaoke punk band called The Ungrateful Dead, but we don't exist yet.

  

  Eric Andre
  • Band
  • Ungrateful

• I never want to be in that stage where a band ends up playing state fairs and casinos. I am not willing to go out shooting up Botox and eating corn dogs while judging pig contests.

  

  Al Jourgensen 1000 Homo DJs
  • Band
  • Stage
  • Judging

• Being in a band is not about reality - it's a bit of a fantasy. I can't go on stage as my ordinary self and just play - I've got to become my 'superhuman self.'

  

  Jamie Hince
  • Reality
  • Band

• It's a farmers market. You can get whatever - peaches, a sandwich. There might be a little band there. I'd sit in with the band. Yeah, that's what I would do. Sit in with the band at the farmers market. Sing a couple of songs, eat a peach, and hug people.

  

  Craig Robinson
  • People
  • Band
  • Couple

• I have two pairs of stretchy maternity leggings and jeans, which I will never give up, because once you experience an elastic band for a waist, you will never go back.

  

  Daphne Oz
  • Up
  • Experience
  • Band

• It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.'

  

  Darrell Lance Abbott
  • Trying
  • Band

• Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band; the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel.

  

  Dave Lombardo Slayer
  • Up
  • Job
  • House

• I didn't feel like gymnastics were part of The Cars. I certainly philosophically didn't want to prod the audience to react to anything. To me, it was more like negative theater. We didn't really talk to the audience. I didn't see that being a part of this band.

  

  Ric Ocasek The Cars
  • Band
  • Gymnastics

• Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.

  

  Freddie Mercury Queen
  • Harmony
  • Old Days
  • Led Zeppeline

• Unlike Facebook or Instagram, Twitter's core experience isn't about photos. It's a world of text, with occasional embedded photos, animated gifs, and short video clips.

  

  Om Malik
  • World
  • Experience
  • Text

• I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.

  

  Kirsten Storms
  • Growing
  • Learning

• The first band I saw were Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, in their brown mohair suits, in 1966.

  

  Jeff Lynne Electric Light Orchestra
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