1619 Band Quotes for You to Enjoy

I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make. Daniel Alarcon

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I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify. Daniel Ek

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We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time. Daniel Johns

When do you suppose the electric guitar was invented? If you thought the 1950s, you'd be wrong. If you can muster a recollection of hearing electric guitar in Lionel Hampton's big band in the 1940s and date it to that decade, you'd still be off - by more than 30 years. Daniel Levitin

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I always think it's really nice to see characters band together and fight for what they all believe in. Danielle Rose Russell

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How does a band like System of a Down get big? Daron Malakian

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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. Darren Robinson

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Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul. Daryl Hall

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This band has never had an argument. It's just amazing. Dave Edmunds

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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. Dave Gahan

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It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band. Dave Grohl

Song Band Favorite Terrifying Front Your Play

I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as Nirvana. The thing that I don't understand is not appreciating that simple gift of being able to play music. Dave Grohl

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'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man! Dave Grohl

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You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of them. The last thing you ever want to do is go to therapy with your band. Dave Grohl

At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my own record. I could start my own label. I could release my own record. I could book my own shows. I could write and publish my own fanzine. I could silk-screen my own T-shirt. I could do this all myself. Dave Grohl

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When you're looking for a band name, I know it sounds weird, but everything you look at, everything you observe and read, you kind of think, 'Man, maybe that could be our band name.' Dave Haywood

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I considered moving to New York or Los Angeles, but they're two of the hardest places to move to when you're just starting out in a band. Dave Keuning

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Any band that calls themselves 'The Killers' is gonna be dangerous. Dave Keuning

Dangerous Band Calls Any Gonna Themselves

Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band; the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel. Dave Lombardo

I don't think that TV on the Radio is some dark mysterious band that no one can know about. We write music because it's an immediate form of communication. We're able to put on record what's happening in our times, and we want that message to be heard by the most amount of people. Dave Sitek

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I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be. Davey Havok

People Sometimes Band Think Idea Going Different Starting

We've always been a polarizing band. Davey Havok

Band Polarizing Always Been

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