Band Quotes

You're in a band 24 hours a day.

I didn't have an agent, I didn't have a headshot. I didn't even know if anyone would know where to find me. I just went back to highschool and started playing with my band.

I think any band we played with would be a weird match. We're on our own, a little out there, but it's a good thing. I think we're complimentary to each other.

We used to really feel like the band was our family.

People in bands don't have the kind of conversations people might think they have. The best things about being in a band are the things that are unsaid.

I want to be in the best band in the world again.

I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set.

I'm not a toy boy, bellybutton band, so I don't have to worry about that. Actually, I never did.

When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes!

Twisted Sister plays 20, 25 shows a year. But if the band had their druthers, they'd be out playing all the time.

As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band.

I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right now; they're called The Sounds. They're kind of like a new-wave pop band.

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

Then I thought I was going to be a photographer. I tried a hand at darkroom technician. I played in a band. It took me quite some time to discover that I wanted to write.

We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops.

This guy kept telling us that rock was the big thing, everyone's talking about the big thing, our band was the big thing. So he made us change our name to The Big Thing. Can you believe that?!

That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.

When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them will be people who have to try various things, it's natural.

I'm delighted to be Number 1, but next week I don't want people to buy my record, I want them to buy Band Aid.

I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic.

Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.

In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.

We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music.

Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the guys - I didn't feel that they were opening up like they should. I'll tell you what, with guitar players, Steven has what I like in guitar players.

When a singer leaves a band, I believe the band loses something creatively and the fans are disappointed too.

Also, we're all actually different blood types and we have one represented by each guy in the band.

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll.

Because when we are right there is not a band in the world that can touch us!

We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band for at least 3 months. If it took him that long to be comfortable we probably would need double the amount, but It's just not financially possible to do so.

The Millennium Stadium thing was for the Tsunami concert. It was a thing that I think every band in the country would have liked to be a part of at the time that it happened.