Band Quotes

• I grew up playing about 15 instruments and the way that I was able to accomplish that was by cutting my classes, hanging out in the band room all day, and going from one instrument to the next to the next, until I learned how to play everything by ear.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Up
  • Day
  • Play

• I put some songs on the Internet back in 2009 - that's kind of how everything started with Washed Out. I had never really planned on being in a band or anything like that. It was kind of a hobby I did on my own, just recording music.

  

  Washed Out
  • Music
  • Band
  • Internet

• I don't think we realized how far gone we were in people's eyes. We pretty much had to prove ourselves over again, from our fans to people in the music industry. It's been an uphill fight. Nobody handed anything to us on this record. It's been us just slugging it out in the trenches and playing shows and proving to people every day that this band is legit and we're not going away.

  

  Jacoby Shaddix Papa Roach
  • Fight
  • Prove
  • Realized

• But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.

  

  Edie Brickell
  • Writing
  • Learn
  • Spirit

• The most metal? Some would say Slayer, but I think they're a dreadful band. Unbelievably boring. Terrible. Apparently it's not metal to say that, but it's a personal opinion.

  

  Floor Jansen Nightwish
  • Band
  • Opinion
  • Slayer

• The band can't exist without the crowd, and the crowd wouldn't be there if it wasn't for the band, and it really is something magical that people need.

  

  James Edward Olliges Jr.
  • People
  • Band

• We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.

  

  Ville Valo HIM
  • Beautiful
  • Day
  • Effect

• I love the Memphis sound. When I was 16-and-a-half, with my driver's permit, I was playing New Jersey clubs in a 10-piece band; we had a horn section and would play great, great songs like 'Hold On! I'm Comin'' and 'Knock on Wood' and 'Midnight Hour.'

  

  David Bryan Bon Jovi
  • Great
  • Band

• 'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up and play the guitar and be at the forefront of the band. It's also the album on which I began to address religious issues in my music, and I think that happened simply because the time was right for it.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Music

• I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Band
  • Rock
  • Joke

• I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet.

  

  Drew Carey
  • Band
  • Kid
  • Trumpet

• I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.

  

  Daniel Alarcon
  • Work
  • Music
  • Literature

• I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.

  

  Zack de la Rocha Rage Against the Machine
  • World
  • Sacrifice
  • Tension

• Look, as long as we can make records and sell enough so we can do some shows, that's all I want. You know what? I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.

  

  Chrissie Hynde Pretenders
  • Long
  • Band

• The one album I can't live without is called 'Cumbolo' by a band called Culture. Every song on their album is deep, but there's one in particular called 'This Train.' I have a tattoo of the lyrics on my left arm.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Live
  • Song
  • Culture

• Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him.

  

  Count Basie
  • Green
  • Arm
  • Freddie Green

• I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Chicago
  • Veteran
  • Vietnam

• Your band members? Your band members don't want to be tied to a machine. They want to be playing. That's what the Beatles did. And the Beatles' stuff is timeless. That's what I would suggest. Just get back to sweating, playing hard, hammering, and having a blast.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Want
  • Band
  • Timeless

• I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes.

  

  Buddy Rich
  • Different
  • Band

• If there's ever a kid out there that can't afford to buy the music, I still want them to hear it, and hopefully they'll go to the show, or buy a T-shirt from the band. That's the idea.

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
  • Kids
  • Ideas
  • Hopefully

• I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Band
  • Greatest
  • Planet

• Steven Adler and I played football in the street when we were 12. I remember rehearsing in my bedroom with my first band, and some kid climbed over the fence of my backyard and peeked his head in the window to see who was rocking. It was Slash.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Remember
  • Football
  • Window

• All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Done
  • Art
  • Me

• In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen.

  

  Chet Baker
  • People
  • Art
  • America

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