Band Quotes
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I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.
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I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.
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I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.
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I feel really lucky that I somehow have blagged my way into loads of different experiences. I find making a film fascinating, I find making a play amazing, and working with my band and scoring things... it's all really cool. I'm just a glutton for experience, really.
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We keep saying, 'No more 'band aid' solutions.'
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A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball - there's just the team.
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Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've got a certain amount of vision and you write a lot of songs, it's sometimes better to have your own band and make your own decisions.
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Part of being in a band is getting better.
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I played the drums, and I was in a band called Funkasaurus Rex in Toronto. When I left for school, it became hard to play as frequently.
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I'm thinking of putting together an all-star band. I definitely have a bit of a rock fantasy.
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I think I like to be in control of things a little bit, but in the band I think I’m a bit more of a burrowing animal, you know? I like to find a safe place.
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The band has always been such a huge part of my life and it kept me very busy. That, in combination with something like running a record label, just means my whole life revolves completely around metal music and I can't do that anymore.
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The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.
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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.
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The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
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Anyone who's followed our band through the years has heard about the teenage angst.
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No way, because there's love relationships, there's sex relationships and then there's the band.
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If anyone saw Fall Out Boy's first 400 shows, we were the worst band of all time.
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I'm just a wimpy baby. We almost called the band Forever Teens because I feel like we're all kind of permanently youthful.
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Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.
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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.
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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.
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It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do f___ing Glee. And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f___ing show… f___ that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee.
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When you first start a band all you think about and spend your time doing is writing songs, play shows, in the simplest way and the simplest formation of the band. It's about the gear, and that guitar that one day you will buy. It's a beautiful time. I'm grateful for having that time. Then life flips upside down, all of a sudden you are strapped to a rocket ship, you get a hit, then it is tough to keep grounded.
