Band Quotes

• And raw in fields the rude militia swarms,Mouths without hands; maintain'd at vast expense,In peace a charge, in war a weak defence;Stout once a month they march, a blustering band,And ever but in times of need at hand.

  

  John Dryden
  • War
  • Peace
  • Hand

• I know there are, like, 12 rules for late night: a desk, a band. Will people take me seriously if I don't wear a tie?

  

  Jimmy Kimmel
  • People
  • Night
  • Band

• We've been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Dream
  • Band

• We the band had this open door policy - if you walked in the door, you were asked to play...

  

  Ringo Starr The Beatles
  • Play
  • Band
  • Open Door

• I like something simple and traditional, like dinner and a movie. The best way to get to know someone is to have a conversation over dinner. And steak houses have a nice atmosphere - the lights are dim, and they usually have a band playing.

  

  Kevin Durant
  • Movie
  • Nice
  • Simple

• If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition, it's more a vibe of sharing.

  

  Johnny Flynn
  • Band
  • Door

• Nothing's more exciting than a day in a studio with a string section - or more ruinously expensive. So it's good to feed that habit away from the band, especially if it means more experience for the next Radiohead string day.

  

  Jonny Greenwood Radiohead
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Habit

• When that band started out, I was 18 years old. So that was my reality all the way up until I quit the band. And even then, you know, Guns N' Roses has a nasty way of sticking around.

  

  Slash Guns N' Roses
  • Reality
  • Way
  • Band

• I think we are looked upon as a veteran band.

  

  Lou Gramm Foreigner
  • Band
  • Veteran

• We always operated within a sense of community not just about the band. It's important to the way we define ourselves. It's the entire world in which we operate.

  

  Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth
  • Important
  • Community
  • Define

• You know, whenever somebody comes in, in any situation - whether it's a poker game or a bobsled team or a band - it's gonna change things. And sometimes significantly.

  

  Les Claypool
  • Game
  • Team
  • Band

• Interscope is run more like a rock band than a record company. It's run in a very spontaneous, heartfelt way.

  

  Jimmy Iovine
  • Band
  • Rock
  • Heartfelt

• I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.

  

  Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Way
  • Never
  • Treat

• Christmas turns things tail-end foremost. The day and the spirit of Christmas rearrange the world parade. As the world arranges it, usually there come first in importance -- leading the parade with a big blare of a band -- the Big Shots. Frequently they are also the Stuffed Shirts. That's the first of the parade. Then at the tail end, as of little importance, trudge the weary, the poor, the lame, the halt, and the blind. But in the Christmas spirit, the procession is turned around. Those at the tail end are put first in the arrangement of the Child of Christmas.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • World
  • Children
  • Spirit

• Lots of the bands in New Orleans couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead - a fiddle player could read - and that was to give them some protection.

  

  Danny Barker
  • Giving
  • Player
  • Protection

• I'm thinking of putting together an all-star band. I definitely have a bit of a rock fantasy.

  

  Jessica Pare
  • Thinking
  • Together
  • Rock

• Any band that doesn't have a sense of humor has a little bit of a problem.

  

  Jens Lekman
  • Band

• Generosity is the key to all relationships. To friendships and bands. That's the golden rule.

  

  Tina Weymouth
  • Generosity
  • Keys
  • Golden

• My band persona is 25% tougher than I am.

  

  Lauren Mayberry Chvrches
  • Band

• With a band I feel stronger. It's not just me and my weird thoughts.

  

  Eliot Sumner
  • Band
  • Thoughts
  • Weird

• My family have always kept my feet well and truly on the ground. I was very lucky that a lot of the other band members got married and had kids at the same time, so there was a lot of normality around.

  

  Suggs
  • Family
  • Band
  • Normality

• The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be in their band for two or three years. And they finally let me in on the harmonica, actually, and then the keyboards, and finally the guitar.

  

  Jonny Greenwood Radiohead
  • Friends
  • Band
  • Rest

• We can do many different things as a band. But that doesn't mean we should do that. If we did all we're capable of, it doesn't necessarily mean we'd be writing better songs. None of us are huge fans of bands that seem to go, 'OK, I'm gonna sing for no reason and then scream for no reason just because I can.'

  

  Alissa White-Gluz The Agonist
  • Band
  • Fans
  • Different Things

• Whenever anyone sends me a link to a band, saying, 'These guys sound exactly like Soundgarden,' it's always some super simple sludge riff with a singer that sings high and screechy. And it's really awful.

  

  Chris Cornell Soundgarden
  • High
  • Simple
  • Band

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