Band Quotes
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We're a rock band. We're proud of it. We're not an art band, a noise band, or an extreme band.
Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth
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When we worked together for 'Band Baaja Baaraat,' Ranveer used to be very anxious and hyper on set. He used to do weird things, but now he is calmer, less anxious. He's a better actor now.
Anushka Sharma
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This was our first, recorded in 1979 and released in 1980. Star struck teens at Ringo Starr's home recording studio in the South of England. Motorbikes in the swimming pool, Vodka bottles for daze. The most fun any band ever had doing any record in any studio ... which is why we never listen to it anymore.
Rick Savage Def Leppard
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The bass is the link between harmony and rhythm. It is the foundation of a band. It is what all the other instruments stand upon, but it is rarely recognized as that.
Victor Wooten Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.
Adam Sandler
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It's been nice to have a band and people I'm close to that I can get that understanding from and help me realize what I want to do in my life as a musician.
Blake Judd
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I knew when I left to go to start my career, you don't want to get in front of a band and say, uh, give me "Stardust" without saying D-flat.
Carl Gardner
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We've learned that videos can play a big part in helping a band become successful in America. We released the video for Bringin' on the Heartache quite a while after the release of High 'n' Dry, yet the response was unbelievable. MTV played it, and the record went back up the charts. It was unbelievable. We realized then that videos were going to play a big role with this band.
Steve Clark Def Leppard
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I think the furthest I ever got was Guitar Hero. If I could start a band like that, I think I could do it.
Gabriel Iglesias
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The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA.
Harry Dean Stanton
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I've never been that good with pickup lines. I'd always let them come to me. The great thing about being in a band is if you wanted to meet a girl, most likely they'd find you. You don't have to work too hard. I was always pretty polite. I'd always ask girls' permission to kiss them.
Vivian Campbell Def Leppard
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You have to realize that everyone in a band is all more or less together, and everyone has their own niche, and some people lead in some ways, and some people lead in others.
Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
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Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.
Alex Kapranos Franz Ferdinand
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I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.
Jenny Lewis
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Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.
Richard Lewis Springthorpe
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Dropkick Murphys, everybody! That's a band!
Conan O'Brien
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I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.
Rod Stewart
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Then it evolved into more of a ballad style singer/songwriter thing. And there was a conflict in trying to merge the two styles with the same band behind me. 'Cause the musicians that I would need to do ballad-oriented tunes would require musicians who were more into jazz.
Van Morrison
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One of the things we say in this band is if it's not fun, it's not worth doing.
Winston Marshall Mumford & Sons
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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.
Joe King The Fray
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The band we have now on stage is the band I always wanted to be in.
James Young Styx
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Some guys dig ditches, I have a band. It's what I do
Woody Herman
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When you're in a band - before it got to grunge - you dressed the bit. So yeah, I've always had an attitude with the clothes.
Ringo Starr The Beatles
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When I hooked up with them I was still going to Narcotics Anonymous. But they were never into drugs. If it weren't for the band, I think I'd still be getting high.
Bert McCracken