Famous Quotes & Sayings

So everyone can see the tradition that our band has.

Krist Novoselic

Smells Like Teen Spirit. Well, it was a phenomenon. I think a lot of it was timing as what was going on in the music business. And a lot of the Sunset Strip hair bands were past their prime and people were ready for something new. Nirvana always tried to be sincere.

Justin Sane

That's exactly how we wanted it to be. And I think they knew what they were signing. At this point, I'm convinced that they didn't sign us to try to mold us into something we're not. They knew they were signing a political punk band that had things they wanted to say.

Emma Anderson

Exactly, they just get some bands and say, This is the future of rock-and- roll, this band, and then they're everywhere.

Around 2000 or so, we began to see more of this type of cruise, focused around bands and music that, for lack of a better term, is more contemporary music. It reflects the growing diversity of cruise passengers. We do have studies that show that cruise passengers are getting younger.

Chris Squire

With how huge Yes was, especially in the '70s and '80s, as a touring band and actually playing at the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to 130,000 people, which is the biggest-paying show ever in rock history, you would think we'd done enough for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Tony Orlando

You guys are great. Bring the band down, we'll put them on stage!

You have to get on your feet when his band is playing,

This year, one of the things I'm most excited about is that the sound of the band is just incredible, ... There's going to be an obvious difference in the first note that the fans hear.

We were only a four-piece for about six months. We were a three-piece before that, and we're back to a three-piece. It's just a lot more comfortable that way. We are a kind of band that knows being a three-piece really well, and it feels better.

We spent about a month in the studio living and working in a farmhouse outside of Raleigh. In the process, we learned a lot about recording and about the dynamics of our band in the studio.

We've been stuck in an extremely narrow band for the last few weeks, and this could break us out.

We try and have regular band practices so we can have the luxury of working on new ideas without feeling the pressure of a gig in a week.

We just sat in the bar waiting, and eventually the band just left. Jen and I just got to talking, and then she mentioned she played a drum. The rest is kind of history.

All of our friends in American bands asked, 'What on Earth were you doing?'

A lot of bands go to Europe and play the festivals.

A lot of the guys in the band are formally, classically-trained musicians.

Debbie Harry

A lot of the bands were really, really different and a lot of them actually didn't become huge but I think were hugely influential.

Josh Johnson

A lot of the scene is pretty inbred as far as band members go. Lots of guys play in more than one band. There's only like 20 bands and everyone knows each other.

Billie Armstrong

A lot of rock bands had to step up to the plate and create a stronger message. That's the reason that hip-hop is so dominating, is that there's a true message behind what they're doing.

Peter Hayes

A lot of these songs were written for our first album. One of them, Shuffle Your Feet, was from before we were a band even. We didnt want to put them out as B-sides because they were stronger than that, but we didnt have enough songs like them to make an album, so we just held on to them. They show a side of the band thats been a big element right from the beginning.

Joe Elliott

A lot of these bands were huge in Britain but never really made it big in the States,

The girl who can't dance says the band can't play

Steve Erickson

The Doors formed on the beaches of Los Angeles, in what you might imagine is the tradition of local rock bands since the Beach Boys.

William Johnson

The driving energy and sheer exuberance of these bands will produce a spellbinding musical event that will be enjoyed by the entire family.

The current trading band of 0.3 percent is appropriate, and the recent fluctuation is normal.

Jon Bon Jovi

How can the Replacements be the best band of the 80s when I've never even heard of them?

Henry Rollins

I'm disappointed by bands left and right, every day.

Henry Rollins

Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.

The energy of what we do live is something we don't really understand. It's just something we lucked into. But the chemistry of the band is rare. ... And the best way to get the very best out of people is to have them emotionally vested in things. And it got to the point on the last record where I was writing pretty much all the songs.

Mick Jones

The enthusiasm is incredible. Foreigner really is my legacy. It's the most successful thing I've done in my life. It's sort of my baby. I thought maybe I'd give it a shot, get a really great band together and see how it goes.

Randy Bachman

The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves.

The great thing about this, when different groups of first responders -- ranging from ambulance drivers to firemen to police men -- all show up with different kinds of radios, and the cell phone infrastructure could have been taken out. Then this can hop to whichever band of communications is needed to keep them connected at all times.