Famous Quotes & Sayings

I don't think we're going to be the kind of band that start playing stadiums or arenas. Even if we could sell that many tickets we really don't want to. We really like playing the venues of 2,000 to 5,000.

Jacoby Shaddix

I don't think we realized how far gone we were in people's eyes. We pretty much had to prove ourselves over again, from our fans to people in the music industry. It's been an uphill fight. Nobody handed anything to us on this record. It's been us just slugging it out in the trenches and playing shows and proving to people every day that this band is legit and we're not going away.

Daron Malakian

I don't think when I'm doing music. Things just happen. I've even taken my clothes off while performing. But then I'm so shy that I can't even take my clothes off in the dressing room, even though it's just the other guys in the band in here with me. It's really weird.

If a baseball player strikes out two times, but hits the ball on the third try every time he goes up to bat, he's still a great baseball player. But hitting the mark 33 percent of the time isn't good enough for band. In band you have hit the mark every time you step up.

Brewster Kahle

If a band posts restrictions as to what materials can be put on the archive, there is a self-appointed sense of making sure the that the band's wishes are observed,

John Varvatos

I enjoy looking at old photos of some of my favorite rock icons, but also get inspired from the younger bands that are coming up and really creating their own style, their own image.

I love dancing and love throwing a party. We're highlighting some of the best bands in the country.

Richard Ashcroft

I have always given everything to the band and would have continued to do so if circumstances had not made it impossible.

Vitali Klitschko

I had a special bandage fitted to my knee but sparring was still difficult,

I hate to do it, especially with all the festivities. The governor is going to be here, the band is going to play, it's homecoming weekend, my mother's coming up from Chicago, my college roommates are flying in from different places,

Carlos Pena, Jr.

I hate meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it.

Damien Hirst

I have a Californian girlfriend and she's into a lot of Californian bands so I listen to that.

I felt confident we could do the story of the band without scenes where people suddenly break into song.

Ruby Rose

I feel the most confident in whatever I'm feeling at that time. Sometimes it's leather pants, a leather jacket, and a band tee, and it's motorcycle-chic. Then there are times that it's skinny jeans, a tank top, and a denim jacket. It's whatever I'm feeling that day.

Thurston Moore

I find it discouraging to see these bands taking this really simplistic element from Nirvana and employing it to their own success.

I first started actually playing guitar when I was eleven years old. I had some neighborhood friends who told me they were starting a band and needed a guitarist. I told my folks, and by the next day I had a guitar lesson set up with a local teacher.

Keith Urban

I feel like I'm 15 and in my first garage band again, ... I don't know where that's coming from, but I love it. I find an even deeper exuberance in playing music and putting on a show. I'm just giddy about putting all this together and giving something to people that they haven't seen before.

Frank Iero

I can't imagine any other bands having better kids than ours, and if they do at least I know our kids can beat up their kids.

I formed a rock and roll band in 1965.

Dave Gahan

Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But what I took into Depeche was that punk ethic, that you don't have to be accomplished to be a musician. If you've got ideas, you can do this.

Groups opposed to the merger will press the Hill to spend time investigating the deal, and the key committees have limited bandwidth to deal with all these telecom issues.

Midge Ure

I didn't want to be stuck to rigid tempos. I mean, a band should speed up and slow down. They shouldn't do it too much, but they do.

I didn't want people sitting at the breakfast table breaking out into song. They are at the recording studio and nightclub. The band is in one way or another performing their material.

Chris Frantz

I'd like to thank the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for giving this band a happy ending.

John Doe

I don't know of any other band that has two vocalists that can sing together without competition,

Ideally, a band or somebody in the business is following up on something that?s already started. If there are relationships that are already in place, that?s when it works best for people.

I'd been in bands for 30 years. When I met Len, I knew that he had it. I had no idea what it was, but his songs really spoke to me. I'm here because I want to be. You know, stories about lost love and broken hearts have been done a million times in country music, but there's a special quality to the way Len writes about it. It touches me, and it touches my soul.

Brandi Chastain

I create tension on the elastic band by moving away from the person who's holding it, and I maintain that tension while jumping up to head the ball. It works my legs and core while also working on balance. You feel it helping on the field when you're going up for a header or when an opponent is pulling or pushing to gain position.

Christine McVie

I cover most of the sound that we use on records with what I have. And people tell us that we still sound pretty big for a band with four instrumentalists.

Michael Franti

I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people, especially with music that has a message to it.

Bonnie Raitt

The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.

Conan O'Brien

Dropkick Murphys, everybody! That's a band!

Courtney Barnett

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until I was around 20.