Band Quotes
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It's pretty much a representation of the direction we're going in. This is our first studio experience where we can overdub and correct things. But we're definitely not a studio band.
Brendan Bayliss
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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.
Frankie Banali
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The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are clenched in hate; He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate. And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go, And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow. Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville, mighty Casey has struck out.
Ernest Thayer
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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.
Emily Haines Broken Social Scene
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Daniel's pretty private, but being his friend I'd ask him "are you OK?' I'm just glad things are OK again and we're going on tour. I think finally we may be past that "teen band' crap and are now just "the Australian trio!
Ben Gillies Silverchair
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Some of us band members have September birthdays, and we wanted to have a party.
David Lowery Camper Van Beethoven
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This is how people are going to listen to music now - streaming. So diversify as a band. It doesn't mean selling your songs to adverts.
Winston Marshall Mumford & Sons
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I think that, you know, the odds are good, because they are good songwriters, they're a good band, they're a great band, and they can play
David Fricke
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We started out as a bar band. We were sometimes playing in front of 20 people.
Jay DeMarcus Rascal Flatts
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It's so nice to have a band name you don't have to explain.
Carrie Brownstein
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I don't think we're totally responsible. But you know, all the bands said it, that we did. Even Courtney Love said that. Anyway, Courtney called her band Hole, get it? Slits? Hole? So it's pretty clear we were an influence on all of them, but I'm not really sure how far it goes. I was on a different planet at the time.
Ari Up
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We've had to develop a super-thick skin. We've been beaten up more than any band in history.
Steve Lukather Toto
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You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.
Cliff Martinez
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I do think image is important in a band, because when I go see a show, I want to see a show; I don't want to just listen to the music.
Alissa White-Gluz The Agonist
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I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.
Travis Barker Blink-182
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I chased every band around the world. Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, you name it. I could just go on and on. It was my hobby, my pastime, and my obsession for several years.
Cassandra Peterson
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When you break up, it's like you're free, and when you break up with a band, it's like you're free, and I was very free.
Paddy Boom Scissor Sisters
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I feel like once you go with a band, it's hard to go back. I just don't see myself performing without a band.
Syd
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Being in a boy band, everyone has an opinion of all of us and what we do. There was a time I fought with that.
Ronan Keating Boyzone
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They're like the mirror of myself - I've got both male and female counterparts. I'm really happy to be playing in a band that appeals to people who I feel I could honestly be friends with. It's a luxury, I believe, not many bands enjoy. It certainly spurs me on.
Colin Meloy
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I want so badly to tell Her it’s going to be all right, that I’ll leave the band and forget this silly crusade. I want to tell Her that I am ready to settle for this life, that she is all I will ever need in the world, and that we’ll never be apart. I want to tell Her that I will protect Her forever. But none of that would be the truth. So I don’t say anything at all.
Pete Wentz Fall Out Boy
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If kids and teenagers can get into a band, its probably not because they think its brainy.
Ezra Koenig
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I realized that calling yourself a feminist or not calling yourself a feminist, just by being in a band of all girls, it's all you talk about.
Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill
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I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.
Cass McCombs