Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Summers

Then ultimately I was in a band called The Police by which time I played a lot of classical guitar, studied classic music, played jazz, rock.

It's the last time we're a band playing together. It's bittersweet.

It's more of a family, we need that. It's easier with a lot of people helping. If one band breaks, they help the others out.

It's more interesting this way. I don't see the point in replicating the songs like these Dead cover bands do. These songs are made to be interpreted. It's fun for us and the audience.

Lou Barlow

It just made me really fight for what I had after that, which was really good. It really sent me off in the right direction. Looking back on it now I'm really lucky. Getting kicked out of the band was definitely the best thing to happen to me at that time.

Joel Madden

It's always a bit much, being in a band with your brother. We fight all the time, but it's kind of comical.

Paul McCartney

the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less

Jimmy Page

The beauty of the band was you never knew what was going to come out next.

John Deacon

I wouldn't do go to another band.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing.

Phil Anselmo

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

Gordon Lightfoot

I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.

John Lydon

I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.

Leona Lewis

I'm glad I was never in a band.

Lars Ulrich

Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.

Kanye West

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

Patrick Stump

Every band always tells you to raise your middle finger...

John Philip Sousa

A band is only as good as its euphonium section.

Ozzy Osbourne

Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace.

Patti Smith

It was like being at an Arabian hoedown with a band of psychedelic hillbillies (p. 171).

Nikki Sixx

I have always believed that if you are honest in what you do, continually reinvent yourself at the same time, and there's respect amongst your band members, then you will be respected.

Mikey Way

This band is metal in that we have a lot of metal in our instruments, and there's quite a lot of metal on my belt buckle as well.

Lucinda Williams

I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

Mark Knopfler

While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn't have a band to call my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.

Mark Hoppus

It feels humiliating to be in a band where you have to be apologizing for one person all the time,

Naima Adedapo

The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.

Marcus Mumford

Every band I've come across has read more than I have.

Kiefer Sutherland

There are three things we need to do for a band. We need to make a great record; we need to get the record played; and we need to find an audience for the live shows.

Earl Wilson

For some kids who never even dreamed of going to college, they come to see the games and black football teams and bands from black colleges, and they see what's possible.

Julian Casablancas

A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band.

Julian Casablancas

But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.

Keith Richards

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.

Keith Richards

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.