Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have encouraged all entries to incorporate music. We have 52 entries -- everything from bands to homemade floats, professional floats and walkers.

We don't try to box ourselves in to one type of music. A lot is dictated by what the local bands are producing.

Kiefer Sutherland

We saw so many phenomenal Rock 'n Roll bands that were not getting signed. We really needed to start looking outside the box.

We're trying to get more bands to stop by and perform or just sign autographs.

The purpose behind Battle of the Bands is to raise funds for Relay for Life.

There's new young bands out there that just have incredible, really great songs,

There's nothing wrong with getting paid, ... We have punk bands in our system, and they are very happy when they get a check.

Bill Mumy

I started writing songs when I was 11, and I started playing in bands when I was 14 and learned the rest from jamming with other players.

Mike Birbiglia

I sometimes think of not doing Twitter or Facebook anymore, but that's how people find their favorite bands and comedians.

I've been in this valley for 33 years and I don't think I've seen this many different bands come together for one concert before.

Adam Christopher

'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic, weird. One of my favourite bands is Ladytron, and I think they'd fit the bill quite well.

Flea

I'm always put in the unfortunate position of asking people to donate money and people I know in bands to play benefit concerts and all this stuff.

Conor Oberst

In many ways Bright Eyes is really a studio project. We form bands to tour, but it really is - you know, we take the songs and we figure out how to decorate them and it's all in the studio; we build the songs that way.

Alex Lifeson

The Stones were more dangerous than other bands of the Sixties. It looked like they had more fun than the Beatles - like they stayed up later.

I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it's kind of like that's never really been my bag. Probably because I'm too shy.

Adam Green

Wes Craven's 'Shocker' is one of my favorite soundtracks. I don't know where that movie stands in the critical eye of cinema, but it was a really fun movie because of all the bands that were part of it.

It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands and great music always prevail.

Geezer Butler

It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me.

Fred Armisen

There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had me on stage, and I have played on their record. There are a couple of bands like that. Yo La Tango has invited me to play with them.

Jerry Only

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

We come down to play with each other. We'll play on the porch or in the parking lot. We just want to meet bands and play together.

We have four bands and each of those have specific requirements for sound and lighting, hotels for the bands, transportation for band members to get their job done.

Brian Ritchie

When I was growing up there weren't any bands who'd been around for 25 years the Rolling Stones had only been around for 15 years. Now, unfortunately, rock's becoming an old person's genre.

We would never underestimate the health and safety issues, but the narrowing of handicap bands has had a positive effect on the issue here.

Ric Ocasek

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

Ric Ocasek

People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.

Ric Ocasek

There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you know, that's just my thing. Music is pretty personal.

We were always a fun-oriented jam band. We were never one of those bands that played the framework of the song and jammed on it for six hours. Maybe a few hours, but not six.

The fact that most of the bands are made up of guys shows a positive representation of young men. This is the kind of energy we need in the forefront.

Leon Bridges

There are a lot of bands who would get really big in Fort Worth and play shows on a Friday night that everybody would come out to. But I've never been really big in my hometown. My shows would have 10 or 15 people at them.

My club reggae shows were going very good. Every show I did was selling out, ... Barry said 'Why don't you take a bunch of these bands and take them up to Red Rocks?' I said 'Barry, that's never going to work. There's no way to sell that many tickets for reggae.'

Andy Williams

Most bands today are too caught up in the way they look. When you come to our show, it's bare bones. We want you to leave with a smile.

Charles Lewis

I thought it would be a nice chance to see a lot of local bands perform.