Band Quotes
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My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.
Jerry Only
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Yes's whole career was never really planned in any sort of way. It's always sad when a member leaves, but it's exciting when someone new comes in, and that regenerates the freshness of the band.
Chris Squire Cinema
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I didn't leave the band to go solo so much as to stop feeling like a production item.
Peter Gabriel Genesis
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A certain scenario kept repeating itself. The people from the magazines would take two or three shots of the band. They’d start to pack up. And then they’d sort of take me off into a corner by myself. After about the thirtieth time that a photographer asked me to take my shirt off, I started to get the picture.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden
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It's such a stupid thing to sign a band and then demand a hit right away to instantly recoup the money. The point is, you have to do it by building your own following, and that is not necessarily done by writing instant hits.
Al Jourgensen 1000 Homo DJs
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When I went to do "Carson" that night, they wanted us to do two songs, but we were a brand new band. "Conga" hadn't even hit the top 10 yet. They go, "Do you think you could do something that people know, because we want you to do a second song, but not two originals, because we don't want to lose the audience, just in case."
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
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I had friends in this band called Mars and they used to play a lot.
Arto Lindsay
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When I was playing with the Truckers, a lot of really good things happened. And we had a good trajectory for a long time. For that kind of a band, for the kind of music that I've always made, we had a lot of success, I think.
Jason Isbell
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We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.
Noel Gallagher Oasis
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I often think about starting a band again, doing my solo stuff and a band. I grew up in bands.
James Arthur
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We have not had any disagreements about clothes, smoking or L'Wren, and this is all very hurtful for her... It is completely untrue to say that L'Wren has caused a rift between myself and the rest of the band. This is all nonsense, everyone has their own style.
Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
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I've got the big name, but I've always wanted to be in a band, one of a band.
Robert Plant Led Zeppelin
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You know, I always root for the older athlete. I root for the second album. I root for solo careers after the rock star breaks the band apart.
John Cho
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I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential.
Yannis Philippakis
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Obviously everybody knows that I'm an original songwriter and I got my band. And the guys in 'Sugar Money,' no matter what, are part of my family and they always got something to do with me, and I don't care if they just hang out with me.
Bo Bice
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I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.
Adrian Belew
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That was the whole point in forming a band. Girls. Absolutely gorgeous girls.
Simon Le Bon Duran Duran
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We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could have made a certain type of record and sold millions of units, as they are called.
Adrian Smith Iron Maiden
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My band and I, we cover our bodies in hairspray and glitter. We use the hairspray to make sure the glitter sticks.
Kesha
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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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The future turns out to be something that you make instead of find. It isn't waiting for your arrival, either with an arrest warrant or a band, nor is it any further away than the next sentence, the next best guess, the next sketch for the painting of a life portrait that might become a masterpiece. The future is an empty canvas or a blank sheet of paper, and if you have the courage of your own thought and your own observation, you can make of it what you will.
Lewis H. Lapham
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You can never tell with New Order. Just when you think the band is coming to an end, it takes off again.
Gillian Gilbert New Order
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We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves.
Thurston Moore Sonic Youth
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I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a band that couldn't live up to its name so I soldiered on. On one level, it was devastating for a while. On another level, maybe I should thank them for helping me make my own way in my own career.
Eric Burdon