Band Quotes
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I know that the gift that God gave me isn't gonna just wither up and die unless I let it die, so it's a matter of me having the faith that it's gonna come out. Whether or not the public's gonna like it is another story. But I think as long as I keep changing and sticking to what I really love - and the same goes for Steven and the other guys in the band - then people are gonna like it.
Joe Perry
Aerosmith
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They wrote themselves out of the band history, as far as I'm concerned.
Chris Stein
Blondie
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We got Frank Rodriguez started in the band (playing keyboard). I was 14; it was during the Vietnam War, and it was exploding. We were left without two members, and it felt like everything was falling apart.
Bobby Balderrama
Question Mark & the Mysterians
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I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had to pretend it was a band.
Kevin Parker
Tame Impala
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When I played the Shins, I changed someone's life. When I play Belle and Sebastian in a pivotal scene in my next movie...well, let's just say I made sure I that I can't be held legally responsible for all the deaths people will suffer out of shock upon hearing them. They're a terrific band.
Zach Braff
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In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much.
Matthew Ramsey
Old Dominion
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I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it would definitely be The Beatles.
Paul Weller
Incognito
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If I were to give advice to someone that just started a band and how to get someone's attention, you've gotta have a central hub. For us, it was Columbus, Ohio.
Tyler Joseph
Twenty One Pilots
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CBGB was a wild place, ... The first time I ever played there was in 1987, I think, with my hardcore band, Scream. And I remember the craziest [thing] about that club was you could be in front of the stage and it could be louder than any show you've ever been to in your life. But if you were towards the back of the club at the bar, you could sit and have a conversation with
someone. It was the weirdest thing to me.
Dave Grohl
Nirvana
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Later after college I discovered Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, and those kind of bands. My tastes have changed but I still carry a lot of the influences from my youth.
Page Hamilton
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Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my personal marriage. It's almost about the marriage of the band.
Aaron Dessner
The National
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When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band - or at least in a Pixies cover band.
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana