Famous Quotes & Sayings

There are more guns in the pockets of more people, in the waist bands of all kinds of people. They are finding their way into younger kids' hands as well.

Michael Gudinski

There are few bands who could rival Green Day in popularity right now.

We're able to do it a little different. Not too many bands sound like the early new wave of (Elvis) Costello and the Cars. This is our contribution to the whole new, retro revival.

George Ade

We've sold more than 60,000 tickets, so after we get all the bands and other non-ticketed folks in, we'll be close to capacity. We will definitely sell out.

Steve Harwell

We are probably one of the most licensed bands out there for movies and TV shows.

There are still some pieces that aren't being used, like the white-space bands between TV channels. With digital broadcasting, those buffers aren't needed anymore. The wireless telcos want to lease them, while the TV industry wants to maintain the status quo. Either decision would be a mistake.

Kelly Jones

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. It reminds me of when we were just starting out because we would open for other bands in the beginning.

Kathleen Hanna

It's now taken for granted that women are in bands and you can say feminist things in your songs. But back in the early '90s, there was a lot of violence at Bikini Kill shows that people don't realize happened.

Marnie Stern

I was listening to a lot of math rock-y type bands do lots of complex stuff and I couldn't figure out how they were doing it. Then I realized that sometimes they were finger tapping, so I started messing around doing it.

Josh Clark

I was into grunge, the heavy, distorted guitars, bands like Nirvana. Although, we weren't that good. But I wore the flannels, the long underwear, the whole deal.

Quinn Allman

I think it's a little easier for kids to digest than the Warped Tour. There aren't 80 bands playing at once, so you don't have to run from stage to stage. It's more of a concert. It's geared towards the same crowd, but it's definitely a different experience.

I think it just shows the strength and depth of our music program. We've also had many bands that have performed, as well as orchestras. I think it's unusual a town the size of Odessa to have had so many groups invited to perform at this convention.

We've gone into hard rock this year, with bands that have number one hits out now. Historically, we have not hit the harder-edge rock with current artists. We've hit the rock with classical performers.

It changes depending on when bands are available.

It cost a lot of money and for the quality of bands that we were getting, I didn't think it was worth the price.

Sam Hughes

I was doing bands from the 7th grade until eleventh grade, actually. From there, started teaching myself the other instruments.

Joe Perry

There aren't a lot of great bands out there that can put on a great rock show. They didn't come up in that environment, in that era before MTV where you really had to be a good live band.

Joe Perry

There aren't a lot of great bands out there that can put on a great rock show, ... They didn't come up in that environment, in that era before MTV where you really had to be a good live band.

Tom Scholz

There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are hard to play. So we put a lot of work into it. The musicians that I've managed to surround myself with after all of these years are individuals who really excel at what they do.

We may do a D.J., or karaoke and even small bands maybe, but that would probably be it.

Kristian Bush

Each kind of generation of bands forgets how they got here. Waylon Jennings came out and they're like, 'That's not Patsy Cline.' And everyone panicked, like, 'I don't know what happened to country music, but this isn't it.'

Kellin Quinn

I grew up listening to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and every record those bands put out was very unique in its own right. I have that mentality. too: if a song sounds like something I've already done, then I'll throw it out, because I want each record to be a progression.

Kellin Quinn

It's kinda weird sometimes going on tour with bands because you never really know what to expect.

Kellin Quinn

I know that starting out as a young band, it's really easy to get lost with bands that sound the same or with the plethora of music that's out there.

Kellin Quinn

A huge thing for me growing up was going to see my favorite bands and feeling like, 'Okay, cool, they proved themselves and did things in a special way.' That's the most important thing.

Kip Winger

The songs were really complicated. I used to meet people in bar bands who were trying to play our songs and they were really struggling with it. Technically it was really difficult stuff.

Kip Winger

Good records - from my point of view, where I grew up which was Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull... bands that were pushing the envelope a little - musically and in production.

Guys representing two bands came to his house one day. One came to the front door, another came to the back door. He went with the one that came to the front door.

We took the wall down because we wanted to make it so people can sit down at the lunch counter up front and look at the bands in back.

Chris Robinson

Right now, I've never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we're all on the same page about culture, music and life.

Brandon Flowers

People who were in their 20s back in the '80s have told us that we remind them of their favorite bands from when they were younger, ... I understand them. When I was a kid I loved those bands, too. We have that in common with the people who come out and see us.

If the bands hadn't come, the crowd wouldn't have followed.

Warren Haynes

The fact that we know every show can be downloaded makes it a challenge for us. Most bands play the same 14 songs night after night. Our set lists vary drastically, and we keep a log of every set we've played. We try to make every night a different experience.