Band Quotes
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LCD is a band about a band writing music about writing music.
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Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.
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When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.
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If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.
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We started off as a garage band who played a lot of rock 'n' roll.
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Every band is different just because of the different combinations of people really are super unique to every band. The way you work together and the personalities that are being brought to the table. Our band is definitely the best combination of personalities I've worked with so far.
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There are those who collect the refuse of the public streets, but in order to be received into the band it is necessary to have been born one of the Hereditary Confederacy of Superfluity Removers and Abandoned Oddment Gatherers.
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Living in war, and being a wartime band, I don't think there's any way that can't somehow influence the songwriting.
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A lot of things just got distorted, like stories about each other. After the tour we never talked. I believe a band should be a band.
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I was with my band at a karaoke bar in Japan when it was very big there, and they got up and made fools of themselves without practicing properly. I didn't understand why they were doing that. It was like they were making fun of the genre by performing badly. But I didn't get up and sing, so I don't know what it feels like.
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If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.'
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If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.
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I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come from a musical background, I've never studied music, and I don't know music theory at all, so a lot of stuff I discover on my own are things students would learn in the first grade of music.
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In a way, that's always been Yes' history to a large extent! Quite a few occasions when we've had a new band member or change in members, then we've done a new album with new chops and refreshed the musical approach.
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A country is an individual in the world that represents a group of people, so I decided we would name our band after a country, and Portugal happened to be the one that popped up.
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We became a really good gateway band for all the kids that went on to love My Chem or Fall Out Boy.
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Slade was the coolest band in England. They were the kind of guys that would push your car out of a ditch.
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Hopefully we can be a band who has a career like U2 or Aerosmith or somebody like that but that's very far and few between. We're happy to be where we are at now, so it's a gift, you gotta just keep pushing forward. For all of us it's very easy to be out here and do what we do, easy in the sense that it's a gift but it can be difficult at times.
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I like garage band for writing because you only have crayons and there are only five crayons in the box. Your choices are limited and I find that to be very good for me.
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You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.
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I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.
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One thing you might suggest to a young band is don't get involved in any kind of long-term contract because everything changes on a bimonthly basis: The way people hear music and access it, the way it is distributed.
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I have decided not to push my luck by returning to the band. My dear pal Kai Hahto will take my place as a full-time member of the band. I will continue to take care of the band’s businesses in the background, and I’m very much looking forward to what other adventures life has to offer!
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I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.
