Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jonny Greenwood

It's no longer unusual for real avant-garde composers to have been in a band, and for bands to be interested in a wide range of music. Look at how artists like Aphex Twin are influenced by Nancarrow and Stockhausen.

Following the parade, will be the 15-piece Harp and Thistle Pipe Band of Southwest Florida. They will have a 30-minute show under the main tent until 4:30 p.m.

There was so much excitement for music at the time, and much of it had to do with the Beatles. The Beatles inspired probably more bands than we will ever know, and they certainly inspired me.

Bobby Hatfield

There was James Burton, one of the greatest guitar players around, who played for Elvis years and years. Than there was another guitar player named Glenn Campbell just beginning with us. Billy Preston... he was one of the piano players. Leon Russell was in the band. He was another one of the piano players. We had a lot of people like that just beginning, not even getting any notoriety... they were just in the band and doing recording sessions.

There was a wireless Internet bandwagon and people went crazy on the capital expenditures side. But downloading movies to your PDA or cell phone turned out to be just marketing hype,

There were no good bands in my town. You know, there's like this magic town where every kid started a band in high school, and half of them were good and have careers based on relationships built at that time? That wasn't what my life was like at all.

Tom Cooper

There were no band concerts they just didn't plan events, ... The community knew that every member of the department would have a commitment that night. They kind of planned around it.

Diane Cilento

There were huge big bands like Count Basie, and I used to go from the theatre to Birdland, and they all knew me. I loved the big band sound.

There were five bands at the inaugural show that drew over 150 teens and young adults.

There were a band of misfits. They didn't set out to conquer the world or get in the Library of Congress. They were surprised by their success. Sure, Cobain would be happy to be in the Library of Congress, but he would be complaining about it.

There were two people who thought they were the greatest band in the world -- Brian Epstein and John Lennon, ... Both of them felt that they'd last into the next century.

There were several independent judges -- some of them from Brook Mays Music -- that selected 24 bands out of 60, then 12 and finally three.

Ed Kowalczyk

There's a comfort level in the band with being a big band. It's given us a renewed energy.

There's a closeness in the miners that's unexplainable. They're a band of brothers.

There's a lot of bands in this school who would like to participate.

There's a large segment of the population that doesn't realize what an influence Folkways had on a number of bands that they listen to. And from the Folkways point of view, this really carries on the folk tradition -- the idea that it's an oral history and everything is passed from generation to generation.

Justin Vernon

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.

Jenny Lewis

You wouldn't want to be in a rock band - trust me.

You're going to drift from band to band in high school. And hopefully, in one of them, you'll find people you'll have chemistry with.

You're bound out of 10 bands playing to find one you really enjoy. It's $5 at the most to go see 10 bands. If you're going to do something great for the community, you might as well get some culture out of it.

Larry Walker

Your band is going to a local restaurant to get the waste oil to run its engine, there's folks down in New York City very interested in that.

This is a proud time for the Reynoldsburg band program. Rarely does a small community like ours have the opportunity to be recognized by another country.

Keith Davis

This is the first time we have a headliner that isn't from the Golden Triangle. These guys are a great band and they were really excited to help out.

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids

Phil Anselmo

To me, I'm for a band whose forefront is the music

Selena Gomez

I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band.

Shelby Lynne

My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.

Taryn Manning

I like to contribute. Even in my bands, I can't really just be the singer.

Stan Getz

I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

Sidney Crosby

I don't have one favourite band. I like everything.

Natalie Imbruglia

It's not very often that I like new bands.

Tony Blair

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.

Tommy Bolin

I don't like English bands. They're too structured.