Band Quotes
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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.
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Just because I front the band or we play bigger stages now, it doesn't mean we somehow suddenly changed the way we approach things. We all still view what we do as indie and alternative in terms of how we execute it, even if the actual music we make is more pop than our previous projects.
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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.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.
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But if I was still trying to be in Guns N' Roses while I wasn't in the band... I wouldn't want to maintain an image like that.
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I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.
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Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
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Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his playing was suited for a different style of band.
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My main professional experience is touring in a rock band.
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I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
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We're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded, and we were drawn to each other because we missed playing.
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You just have to keep at it and budget yourself; be prudent. It's art, so you really don't go into it to make a zillion dollars, but there's definitely bills to pay, and I want everyone in the band to have a salary and whatever they need.
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I lay on the ground, but then I can't reach - I don't want to take my foot out of the tub - but I've got to call somebody because I've got to get a band-aid or something to stop the bleeding.
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There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who was at least an acquaintance to Les Baxter before he passed away.
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We're just a real dirty band. We're raw, and we're rough. None of us are top-scale, top-line musicians. But I tell you what, you get your top-line musicians and see if they can entertain like us.
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Hi, I'm Jeff Healy of the Jeff Healy band. Don't drink and drive. I don't... you're blind!
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I always wanted to be in a band with a bunch of dudes who loved Green Day and all that.
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With me and Bill... I think we started out with $15 apiece and split the other $20 between the band.
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That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era.
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The music is at this weird intersection of dance music and indie music. It's not quite dancey enough to do a full-blown DJ set, and it wasn't quite rock enough for a rock band. But I guess it's what makes us unique - drawing from a lot of different influences.
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We don't want to be as big as U2. I like U2. It's a band that still makes good records. We'd like to make a couple more good records.
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As a band gets more successful, there's a danger of falling in love with your own shadow.
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When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound.
