Band Quotes

There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like doing what people expect me to do.

Dave Grohl Nirvana
- Band
- Poetry
- Record
By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band.

Tommy Shaw Styx
- Band
- Learned
- Solo Album

People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.

James Young Styx
- People
- Band
- Rock
I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.

Ezra Koenig
- Life
- Paid
- Walkmen
There's a social piece to what's going on in the Sugarland world, but we've never been a band that's political, and I maintain that.

Kristian Bush Sugarland
- World
- Political
- Band
I've always seen My Chemical Romance as the band that would have represented who me and my friends were in high school, and the band that we didn't have to represent us - the kids that wore black - back then.

Gerard Way My Chemical Romance
- School
- Kids
- Represented
We, as band, always positioned ourselves between art and entertainment, which often works against us - Fischerspooner is between business models. Art is about limiting access to the product to create value, and entertainment is about dispersing it. We've put ourselves in a position where, if we reach conceptual perfection, it's career suicide.

Casey Spooner
When you're in a band with three writers, three great writers, you only get one third of the writer thing. So that's the whole reason that I did a solo career. And that's, you know, when I told Fleetwood Mac I was going to do that, they were of course terrified that I would do that record and then that I would quit.

Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac
- Record
- Writers
- Terrified