Band Quotes

• I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.

  

  T Bone Burnett
  • Up
  • Think
  • Know

• The first band I was ever in, I played guitar. We did Gary Glitter and Green Day covers at the time. We were called Fizz. I have no idea why we picked that. We were, like, 12 years old.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Time
  • Why
  • Day

• We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.

  

  Jack Irons Pearl Jam
  • American
  • Play
  • Chance

• 'Ain't It Fun,' which is about entering the real world, is bouncy and shows off Paramore's lighter side, to the dismay of some of the band's fans, who are used to the punk-rock sound.

  

  Phoebe Robinson
  • World
  • Real
  • Fun

• The show is coming from the music. I get on the stage with the band, and I communicate with my musicians, and the music that we create and all that is coming out of us. The music is making the show and the music is creating the atmosphere, so if you close your eyes and listen and feel what it is that's coming out of the speakers, that's the whole point.

  

  D'Angelo
  • Music
  • Eyes
  • Eye

• We saw a need to develop a community for artists to get their music out to the masses. With MySpace, when they went out on tour, they could actually tour nationally. The band might have 20,000 friends on their list and send out a bulletin saying, 'I'm going to be in Austin on Tuesday night. Come see our show.'

  

  Chris DeWolfe
  • Music
  • Friends
  • Night

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

  

  Jeff Lynne Electric Light Orchestra
  • Band
  • Suits

• I won't join another band again.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Band
  • Again
  • Join

• Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • Band
  • Thought
  • Years

• Everyone wants the same thing in this band, so we definitely respect each other. I mean, all of us have had hit songs, so it's a band full of people who really know what they're talking about, so you have to respect that even when you think something you have might be great, and they go, 'Man, it's not as great as you think it is.'

  

  Matthew Ramsey Old Dominion
  • People
  • Great
  • Respect

• Right now, I'm thinking in terms of just having a good band, man. Having a good act for the stage. Being a good performer, you know? Connected to that is future recordings, and future tunes, that kind of stuff.

  

  Dan Hicks
  • Good
  • Thinking
  • Future

• I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called 'fun.' We Google-searched, which now makes sense because we're so impossible to Google-search.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Fun
  • Think
  • Period

• We all got older, and we'd tell our children things like, 'Mommy used to be in a famous rock band,' but they didn't believe us. Part of the reason for our reunion was to show our children what we did to make the lives they have possible.

  

  Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
  • Believe
  • Children
  • Rock

• I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange.

  

  Megan Fox
  • Bad
  • Guy
  • Nice

• Always from day one, we were the band on Warped Tour with a fog machine, and our backdrop had to be up - everyone thought we were the biggest idiots for that, total posers. But for us, we wanted to be over the top.

  

  M. Shadows
  • Up
  • Band

• When my grandfather died, I was on tour, and I didn't go to the funeral. I never got to say goodbye, and this is one of the problems of being in a rock band is that you're away, and your loved ones die, and you can't even see them.

  

  Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
  • Die
  • Rock
  • Funeral

• Heart has always been a rock band. It's always been hard-rock.

  

  Ann Wilson Heart
  • Heart
  • Band
  • Rock

• I would rather be on stage playing to 25 people with a band I love and the music I love than learning dance moves I don't want to do for 25,000 people.

  

  Drake Bell
  • People
  • Music
  • Learning

• I spent a good amount of time with David Bowie, and I was talking about getting the band back together. He said, 'Does it make you uncomfortable?' I said 'Yeah,', and he said, 'Good. It should. You should be uncomfortable.'

  

  James Murphy
  • Time
  • Good
  • Together

• I opted out of the band.

  

  Lou Gramm Foreigner
  • Band

• However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a ' buzz ' about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US.

  

  Pat Garrett
  • Good
  • Media
  • Depend

• When we were growing up, we listened to all sorts of music, but the first band that really grabbed all of us live was AFI.

  

  M. Shadows
  • Up
  • Music
  • Live

• To me, the band is like one of my homes, in fact. It's not like, 'I've got to get out of this band. I've got to go home.' This band is home in a lot of ways. It's my closest friends; it's a place where I really feel comfortable and happy.

  

  James Murphy
  • Home
  • Friends
  • Happy

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

  

  Martin Gore Depeche Mode
  • People
  • Band

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