Top 1200 Bands Quotes & Sayings - Page 13
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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
My dad wanted to be a musician, so when I started playing guitar, he was like, 'Go for it.' That is what I did for ages; I was in bands. And then I went to university and got into comedy somehow.
I was always heavily interested in underground musical movements, the post-dubstep scene; Mount Kimbie were coming out, and bands like that.
If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy was booming. Everybody had jobs and there was a whole nightclub culture where bands could work.
When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper.
Bands are actively seeking more film involvement - because the days of recording albums and MTV and even touring, to some extent, are gone.
I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, 'What do we do? We want to do what you do.' It's almost impossible to do what I do, because you would have to start in 1980. You can't just do it.
Don't believe bands who say it's all about the fans and they want to give their music away for free. The result is they will continue to live in their mother's basement.
I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, "What do we do? We want to do what you do." It's almost impossible to do what I do, because you would have to start in 1980. You can't just do it.
My hope for young bands, honestly, is that they do it because they love it, they do it because it's real.
It's nice to see bands you could see at a bar finally get a chance.
I used to think when I was in the Go-Go's that we were as wild as any of the boy bands.
I have an open mind, and I try to be critical of none of the bands, even if something's not to my personal taste. After all, somebody worked really hard on that music.
Good bands won't get famous anymore unless they get really lucky.
I'm surprised that we're around still. A lot of the bands that we came out with are not around.
Bands don't play the whole LP. They play a selection of the songs that they like.
I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college and stuff, but that mostly involved lots of screaming.
People don't want classic bands to sound anything other than classic.
It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers.
As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
...if fifty bands of men surrounded us/ and every sword sang for your blood,/ you could make off still with their cows and sheep.
When I was younger, I worked for several years composing music for commercials, but I was very happy to give that up. I didn't really like it, it was a way of financing my bands.
Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.
When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.
You know, we love what we do, man, and I don't want to be one of those bands that we write an album, tour for two years and then take a year and a half off.
I grew up right in the heart of Treme, so it was a real music neighborhood, and there was a bunch of bands like the Dirty Dozen Brass Band around.
Wives and girlfriends really shouldn't be anywhere near the band. Not at all. Anyone who's listening to their girlfriend, they shouldn't be involved. All bands have Yoko Onos, and the Mondays were no exception.
I'd say that 98 percent of the bands we've played with through the years have either broken up or are stuck in some kind of '80s revival now.
The lo-fi scene and the riot grrrl thing had a huge influence on me. As a teenager I went to see Bikini Kill and all those bands.
Music, for me, is as important as fashion. The first visuals I remember are Elvis Presley, David Bowie, New Romantics, and different punk bands.
I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.
The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy' listening to it.
My story, is how a kid that's born into really destitute poverty on a little dirt road in Florida winds up in one of the largest bands in history.
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.
Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands you'd never normally hear of.
There's such an energy and emotion to rock music, which is a lot of the reason I go back to '60s and '70s bands and look at some of the fire they had.
I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
I think the thing that is hard for a lot of bands is that there is a lot of free music out there.
If you look at my history, my history is that of forming bands rather than joining them.
Australia is so entrenched in rock n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.
I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
Australia is so entrenched in rock'n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.
The thing that annoys me is that I hate it when people charge bands to play with them. I hate that.
I'm not excited when bands strip things down. I'm not excited by the White Stripes.
I really want to work on a record of mine and I'm just getting inspiration from different sources like one of my favourite bands, Led Zeppelin, and Radiohead.
I loved the MC5 and the Stooges, but also, the British Invasion - the Kinks and the Yardbirds - and then Led Zeppelin, of course. Alice Cooper was one of my favorite bands.
I played with local bands and ended up touring with Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Alphabeat, and Calvin Harris. That somehow changed into DJ'ing.
When I was younger and bands were formed that way, out of friendships rather than anything else. It wasn't like we put up want ads.
I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands.
I'm indie through and through. I've always gone out with boys in bands.
A lot of bands mature, which means they get square; they start delivering messages. Hey, you got a message, use Western Union.
There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London.
Most bands don't even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years.
I went to a boys' school, and I didn't realize that most guys join bands because they wanted to get girls. I was not really focused on that the way everybody else was.
Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.
I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.
Writing is very improvisational. It's like trying to fix a broken sewing machine with safety pins and rubber bands. A lot of tinkering.
I've only ever been in bands where I can be the punk rock guitar player in the band because that's all I want to do. I don't even know if I could do anything else.
There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen." — Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories)
My guitar playing was born from playing in my teenage heavy rock bands.
