Band Quotes
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We've always been a prolific band. Writing good songs has never been a problem.
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For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required.
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With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music.
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I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there.
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Any band will say that they'd be nothing without the fans.
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I enjoy playing with a big band occasionally, but it's too restricting; you really don't have a chance to stretch out and do what you want to do. Getting that thing of relating to a large band is great experience; I relate much better, though, if it's a small band.
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I understand why there's a natural suspicion of the "Next Big British Band."
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I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.
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Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.
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I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them.
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The one area where I'll say that Hendrix is underrated was his ability to use chord melodies. He used different inversions of chords and was able to make a three-piece band sound absolutely huge. From the moment Hendrix and the Experience came on the scene, power trios had their work cut out for them.
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The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.
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It’s really interesting, I tailor the set to the place we’re playing and to the audience we’re playing to. There’s a certain formula of songs that have to be included that are expected, but I don’t go changing it up, I think if you give the audience the songs that they want and then give them something unexpected, it’s a great situation for the audience, but also a great situation for the band.
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It is very important to me that my songs can sound amazing with a big band or orchestra, but just as powerful and touching with just me and my guitar.
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It's really hard when you break up with somebody, or somebody breaks up with you, and you're in this band; guess who you have to see in the next day in the hotel in the breakfast room? That person.
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Everything was happening in the 70s. We were coming out of a period of austerity and things were pretty dark and then punk came along. It taught us that you didn’t need to be a musical virtuoso to start a band – and we certainly were not.
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I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good.
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I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me.
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The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.
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There's definitely a push and a pull to 'legitimize' electronic music live by playing the same way that a band would play.
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I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get together and play.
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It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don't have to. It's totally different now to back in the day. Now you're paying for a record because you believe in the band. In the future that will be the only time people will pay for albums, because there's some kind of connection.
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The English scene got more media attention with their emphasis on fashion, with the safety pins and all. There were some really good bands over there. The Sex Pistols were great.
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The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.
