Band Quotes
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I went into Guitar Center, and David Koresh and Steven Schneider were looking at a drum set, and they asked me to play it. They handed me their card, which said, 'Messiah Productions.' All this religious scripture was written on the back. The last thing I wanted was to join any kind of Christian band.
David Thibodeau
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I would love to have the biggest band that I can have. I'd love to put on a massive show and just give people their money's worth, then just come away from it thinking, 'That was a good show', because it's kind of disappointing sometimes when you go and see someone and you can see they're not that bothered.
Kathleen Anne Brien
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The creative part for me is making songs, and that's what I really love the most, and that's what I've always done for every band I've ever had.
Ric Ocasek
The Cars
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Both of us knew the band had run its course. We were both unhappy doing it, but I think the way Andrew Ridgeley was being treated as the less important half of the duo had finally taken its toll on him.
George Michael
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What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well before 1991.
Chris Cornell
Soundgarden
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If we all band together against extremism and spend a few minutes a day using tools that have been proven to work, we can make a big difference in defending those values we share as Americans.
Laura Moser
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A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.
Patrick Carney
The Black Keys
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We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity.
Dolores O'Riordan
The Cranberries
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But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago.
Augusten Burroughs
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The Thing of the idols, the green, sticky spawn of the stars, had awaked to claim his own. The stars were right again, and what an age-old cult had failed to do by design, a band of innocent sailors had done by accident. After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight.
H. P. Lovecraft
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Yes, our band will change and evolve, but we want to establish the reality of what this band truly sounds like.
Isaac Hanson
Hanson
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When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.
Levon Helm
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Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that 's why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I'm just roaming around, vagabonding.
Carlos Santana
Santana
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There's something undeniably oxymoronic about a 'successful' rock n' roll band. Who wants to hear a bunch of success stories whining about their success? More importantly, what can be the drive behind a band, what can they have to rage against when they are successes? That's a dichotomy every successful band wrestles with.
Dexter Holland
The Offspring
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The consistency - either the theme from record to record, or the band, the different musicians - it really varies. So if I get criticism, I don't worry about that, because I'm still being creative.
Jason Molina
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Over the years, when you're in a band with a catalog like Aerosmith's, you accumulate a lot of instruments to duplicate those songs.
Joe Perry
Aerosmith
