615 Bands Quotes for You to Enjoy

I got my influences from '70s bands - Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released 'Money,' it wouldn't even get played. Al Jourgensen

I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour. Alex Kapranos

Think Tour Come Lot Off Bands Creatively

I think that's given inspiration to other musicians. I know, particularly through the 90s, a lot of bands would cite Rush as an influence. I don't think it was so much our music, but more the way we really stuck to our guns. Alex Lifeson

I started bands at a pretty young age and played with my friends back in Detroit. I've always known that I wanted to do this. It was all I was ever interested in doing. I never had, outside of music, any extracurricular activities that I took part in. Alex Winston

Music Age Young Took Back Pretty Detroit Outside Never Had Part Known Always Doing Friends Bands Any Young Age Wanted Interested Activities Ever Played Started

But I love singing, and I've been singing backup for friends' bands. Alia Shawkat

Love Singing Backup Been Friends Bands

In the studio, you can always stop, rewind and do it again, but on stage, you can never do that - it's a different energy. It separates good bands from bad bands, being able to play, perform and really capture an audience. I think that's the hardest part. Alison Mosshart

Good You Stage Energy Think Bad Able Never Part Studio Perform Audience Always Bands Stop Being Different Again Really Separates Capture Play Hardest Hardest Part

I think we choose gear by the way that it looks. We choose lots of things by the way that it looks. I don't like bands that look like roadies. I don't like when I can't tell who's the guitar tech and who's the guitar player. Alison Mosshart

Guitar Think Way Tell Guitar Player Gear Like Look Looks Lots Bands Choose Tech Things Player

We can do many different things as a band. But that doesn't mean we should do that. If we did all we're capable of, it doesn't necessarily mean we'd be writing better songs. None of us are huge fans of bands that seem to go, 'OK, I'm gonna sing for no reason and then scream for no reason just because I can.' Alissa White-Gluz

Writing Better Fans Band OK Seem No Reason Songs Sing Because None Go Huge Bands Did Just Scream Different Just Because Mean Capable Gonna Then Us Should Reason Many Different Things Things Necessarily

When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands. Amy Lee

Death School High High School Metal Lot Bands Listened

When I was a kid, it was so important to listen only to bands nobody had ever heard of. I missed out on so much interesting music because of my need to listen to a psychobilly band that only two people knew about... Because I thought I was cool. Andy Biersack

Music People Thought Important Band Kid Out About Only Had Knew Missed Nobody Because Heard Bands Listen Interesting Much Cool Ever Two Need Two People

I think we're just one of those bands that we know what we do best. Angus Young

Best Think Those Know Bands Just Just One

A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean it up through a PA and make it sound completely different than what they really sound like. Angus Young

You Stage Out Clean Through Like Make Because Sound Coming Hear Lot Up Times Than Bands Different Pa Really

Bands are always told, 'Nobody wants to hear your new stuff - just stick with the meat and potatoes - that's what people come for.' That's only half-true. I know if I went to see U2, I would be thrilled if they did 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For,' but I'm equally as thrilled to hear their new stuff. Ann Wilson

People Looking Would Would-Be See Potatoes Only Thrilled Nobody Stuff New Come Know Equally Stick Always Still Hear Bands New Stuff Did Just Wants Your Meat Found

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands. Anna Sui

Love Punk Invasion Lot Bands Garage British

Folk music is music that everyday people can play, and it inspired a lot of people to make their own music. That trailed into making your own pop music, and that's why garage bands started springing up everywhere. Arlo Guthrie

I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them. Art Alexakis

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

Songwriters Bands Stories Loved Who

Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage. Arthur Godfrey

Good Writing Singing Band Stage Pulse Back Solo Gigs Point Well Am Years Bands Get Stopped Good Band Groove Fortunate Who Many Now Play Four Played Playing

There were no good bands in my town. You know, there's like this magic town where every kid started a band in high school, and half of them were good and have careers based on relationships built at that time? That wasn't what my life was like at all. Autre Ne Veut

Life Time Good You School My Life Half Band Every Relationships Kid High High School Magic Town Like Know Built Were Bands Where Them Based Started Careers

Bands Quotes

No more bands quotes