Top 1200 Good Bands Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

I would see people on TV, or I'd see bands I really liked, and I thought, 'I want that.'

My guitar playing was born from playing in my teenage heavy rock bands.

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands.

There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London.

People don't want classic bands to sound anything other than classic.

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.

Australia is so entrenched in rock'n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.

I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.

We all want the Greek people to prosper, to be able to provide a good life for their families and their children. That would be good for Greece, that would be good for the European Union, good for the United States, and ultimately, good for the world.

The Who is one of my favorite bands of all time. 'The Who Sell Out' is one of the greatest art-project albums of all time.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

When you're a good person, good things happen to you. You shouldn't be a good person with the expectation of therefore deserving good things, but in its purest form, I believe when you do good, good comes back to you.

As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.

We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.

I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf. I need some good writing, Alive and exciting, To contemplate all by myself. I need a good novel, I need a good read. I probably need Two or three. I need a good tale Of love and betrayal Or perhaps an adventure at sea. I need a good saga. I need a good yarn. A momentous and mightily Or slight one. But with thousands and thousands And thousands of books, I need someone to tell me The right one. -John Lithgow

I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.

I played in bands very very young. I painted; I did photography, all kinds of things.

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 history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.

I think the thing that is hard for a lot of bands is that there is a lot of free music out there.

My hope for young bands, honestly, is that they do it because they love it, they do it because it's real.

Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms; Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them.

Music, for me, is as important as fashion. The first visuals I remember are Elvis Presley, David Bowie, New Romantics, and different punk bands.

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 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.

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.

In the past, I played in bands, worked at coffee shops, babysat, and worked as a production assistant.

Most bands don't even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years.

If you look at my history, my history is that of forming bands rather than joining them.

I really loved music and went to a lot of clubs to see bands and dance. I loved going out.

It's nice to see bands you could see at a bar finally get a chance.

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.

I don't support hate speech. I don't want to support a racist football team or bands that are offensive.

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.

When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that.

When I was really young, I was really into Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden and those kinds of bands.

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

I've obsessed over a lot of bands in my time, and I'm sure I'll become infatuated with a lot more in the future.

The thing that annoys me is that I hate it when people charge bands to play with them. I hate that.

I definitely like being in bands with other women because it's just, I don't know, it's just better.

I mean people have compared us to like the Grateful Dead and all these like psychedelic sixties bands.

There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.

Bands are actively seeking more film involvement - because the days of recording albums and MTV and even touring, to some extent, are gone.

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.

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.

Australia is so entrenched in rock n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.

I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

I guess all bands get to that point where they run out of inspiration and just get bored with the chemistry.

It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers.

I like actual songs and bands, but it's usually parts, like the production, the bassline, the drums, that I'm really attracted to.

When I was in top 40 bands, I always had to learn new material and new styles.

There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.

I'm indie through and through. I've always gone out with boys in bands.

I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.

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 used to think when I was in the Go-Go's that we were as wild as any of the boy bands.

Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity.

I'm not excited when bands strip things down. I'm not excited by the White Stripes.

Even when I was coming through school, I was a loner and I used to study music and play it and play it, and I was in bands.