Band Quotes
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We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex.
James Carl Inkanish, Jr.
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When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.
Nick Mason Pink Floyd
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The Meatbats are a throwback band.
Chad Smith Red Hot Chili Peppers
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You try to make a film, and you have to come up with the money. You need a big crew; you need to ask people for favors and get permission. If you have an idea for a song, you can pretty much go into your basement with your band mates and do it.
Bob Casale
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I like to talk about things when it pertains to a band. I like to talk about things that matter and music.
Hayley Williams Paramore
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No matter how well a band performs, if its songs are a pile of junk, the group might as well not put the effort into it.
Steve Clark Def Leppard
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I've grown a lot as a singer and a songwriter, but also as a person. I communicate better with my band, and our relationships are stronger and closer.
Joel Madden Good Charlotte
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The Jam were a good band, however I feel that the Style Council were better. A lot of people I know will disagree with me. Some things we did with The Style Council were misinterpreted or over their heads.
Paul Weller Incognito
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I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops.
John Roy Anderson Yes
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I formed a band called Atomic Rooster. The Atomic Rooster was sort of an underground cult band, sort of psychedelic. We did very well.
Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer Asia
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Making a television show is a difficult, collaborative, creative endeavor, and it really requires everybody to band together and all work together every day.
Peter Krause
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When I walk around on the street and someone comes up to me, I have just as many full-grown men with large beards in Slipknot shirts saying he likes my band as much as I do girls with bright pink hair.
Andy Biersack Black Veil Brides
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The only thing I really wanted to be was a beatnik, and look what happened: I ended up being in a band.
Debbie Harry Blondie
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The reality is, like any band, you can never quite quantify who does what.
Nick Mason Pink Floyd
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Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones
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There was no such thing as production at Starday. We'd go in with the band, we'd go over the song, I'd look over and tell the steel player to take a break or kick it off, and I'd get the fiddle to play a turnaround in the middle.
George Jones Mr. President (band)
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
Eric Clapton Blind Faith
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I used to think I was ordinary and just like everybody else, and I am, but there is something about being in a band. It's not for everyone.
Chrissie Hynde Pretenders
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I always meditate before every show. I say a prayer with my crew and my band to get in the mode, and I also stretch because it's a very athletic show. We've got to entertain; it's what we do.
Lindsey Stirling
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The day Metallica's over, i'm not going to put an ad looking for another band. I'll put my drumsticks on the shelf and there's 14 other things I wanna try. Metallica's the only band I've ever been and it's the only I ever wanna be in.
Lars Ulrich Metallica
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I think we're pretty spiritual people, the band in general. We're not a bunch of hippies or anything like that, but we like to work together and work with people. We believe that positive energy is pretty necessary in life, although it's not always easy to maintain.
John Gourley Portugal. The Man
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I almost shouldnt be in Limp Bizkit, its like I got matched in the factory with the wrong band.
Wesley Borland Big Dumb Face
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Part of the reason that I left the Pumpkins is because it was becoming all-consuming. Being the only member of that band who had two kids and a wife, it was a hard decision, but ultimately it was a decision I'm comfortable with.
Jimmy Chamberlin The Smashing Pumpkins
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I was in one bar band from 1965 to '69, then I was in another one from 1970 to '79 - a 9-year bar band!
Paul Charles Caravello Kiss