Band Quotes
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When I think of nu-metal, I think of Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and even Chevelle - those types of bands.
Austin Robert Carlile Attack Attack!
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I think a band that doesn't have a sense of humor can come up with their own take on whimsy.Kind of lead-footed and ham-handed, but I think just all the better for that.
Michael McKean
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The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.
Lysander Spooner
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Aerosmith-one of the 10 best bands today? Yeah definitely.
Steven Tyler Aerosmith
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We pride ourselves on being a touring band. We work very hard to give a great and unique performance.
John Gourley Portugal. The Man
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I started a band in 1961 that eventually became Nazareth later on along the way. I have always been in the band and it is a way of life. I have a great and exciting job.
Pete Agnew Nazareth
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You can never rely on musicians. I quit high school at one point to make a go of it with this band and we kept breaking up. So I went back to school.
David James Elliott
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Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer.
Tom Araya Slayer
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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'm not an endings person. I don't do endings. There may have been people in the band who wanted this to be an ending from time to time, but me and Amy don't really do endings. You cannot escape from us. Once we're friends with you, that's it.
Torquil Campbell Broken Social Scene
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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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If I had to name one thing that probably causes more conflict within the band, it's probably the fact that I'm the girl, and it takes much longer with hair and makeup and wardrobe. But they've gotten used to it. It's one of those things I think they realize that when they say she'll be ready in 10 minutes, it normally means 15 or 20.
Hillary Scott Lady Antebellum
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We want to go national. Were interested in exposing the band as much as possible.
John Roy Anderson Yes
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I don't think anyone ever plans to change line-ups, but it's something that comes with being in bands. I was in a band once and there were always problems - members come and go - and some of the world's biggest bands have changed line-ups loads!
Bruno Mars
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When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of their music. I'm not gonna say, 'Look, you guys are real hot, so we'll stick you in the movie, and we'll get it in all these stores and all these stations.' That isn't right.
John Hughes
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If I went crazy and tried to make pop music, my band wouldn't record it! I love them too much to do that.
Leon Bridges
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I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
Billy Joel
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When I left the band I said Look, I am ready to move on. I was interested in playing with some of the other people that I had bee a studio musician with.
John Sebastian
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We do not see a purpose in giving news updates if there is no news. I find it kind of pathetic and moronic when bands constantly give updates about useless crap in their camp that likely no one cares about. It is cheesy, stupid, and I have no respect for it. We have always preferred staying in the shadows and doing things at our own quiet pace.
John Haughm Agalloch
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I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.
Cynthia Robinson
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It's important to have a life outside the band.
Liam Payne One Direction
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We're a blue-collar band. That's how we like to think of ourselves. We come from humble beginnings and still have this attitude of really loving to meet people, shake their hands, and talk with them.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin by taking on commitments like Iraq with only a motley band of allies to share the burden.
John Spratt
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The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot.
James Iha The Smashing Pumpkins