Band Quotes - page 3

The army influences everything I do. Certainly it teaches you discipline, which is a necessary element of development. I think there's more of a collaborative understanding in the band because of that. (Maynard James Keenan)
Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one. View quote
Ace Frehley
It became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a so-called swing band played something melodic and still gave it a beat. View quote
Artie Shaw
If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and a Cinematograph working brightly; then I'd go out in the back streets and main streets and bring them in, all the sick, the halt, and the maimed; I would lead them gently, and they would smile me a weary thanks; and the band would softly bubble out the ‘Hallelujah Chorus'. View quote
D. H. Lawrence
I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band. View quote
Bill Hicks
If your album sells, that's cool, more people find out about you, more people get turned on to what we're really about-which is a live rock and roll band. View quote
Nikki Sixx
No band is special, no player royalty. View quote
Krist Novoselic
The best AC/DC cover I've heard? There was an all-girl cover band in America, the Hell's Belles. View quote
Angus Young
I've always chosen all my own material; no one ever told me what to sing or how to sing it, but I've always been pressured intensely to use musicians outside of my band. View quote
Jane Monheit
I tell you, when we travel with our own band and we're on the road... Well, I can't even believe this is work. View quote
Jane Monheit
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers - joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen. (Kurt Vonnegut)
On his first hand he wore rings of stone, Iron, Amber, Wood and Bone. There were rings unseen on his second hand, One was blood in a flowing band, One was air all whisper thin, And the ring of ice had a flaw within. Full faintly shone the ring of flame, And the final ring was without name. View quote
Patrick Rothfuss
For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel the smaller, weaker part of myself beginning to fray, tiny bits giving way before the big break. View quote
Sarah Dessen
The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers. View quote
Lysander Spooner
We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we're not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world. View quote
Billie Joe Armstrong
As an adult, I think I wanna be living in New York City and help a lot of homeless people and try to become vegan and maybe be a band with some good friends and be making a living and be happy with how much money I have. View quote
Rachel Trachtenburg
I just kind of thought about doing this my whole life. I never doubted myself once. I've always been singing, and I've always wanted to be on tour with a rock band. View quote
Bert McCracken
When I hooked up with them I was still going to Narcotics Anonymous. But they were never into drugs. If it weren't for the band, I think I'd still be getting high. View quote
Bert McCracken
Our band is very polarizing. There are people who absolutely can't stand us, and people who absolutely can't live without us. I'd rather spark those kind of polar-opposite feelings than have people be indifferent. View quote
Ben Gibbard
I just can't believe anyone would start a band just to make the scene and be cool and have chicks. I just can't believe it. View quote
Kurt Cobain
I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars, grow potatoes, and learn the history of rock through back issues of Creem magazine. (Kurt Cobain)
But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in. View quote
Matt Cameron
A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists. View quote
Matt Cameron
In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band. View quote
Matt Cameron
Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely. View quote
Matt Cameron