“When you're in a band that's so big when you're young, you kind of lose your identity a little bit. You just become part of the band. I just needed to get away from it.” KindLittlesBigsYoungBitsLosesIdentityNeededBandLittle BitGet Away Author:Roger Meddows Taylor
“I've always been worried about the band but I've got to the point now where I think it's time to start thinking about myself a bit more.” ThinkingBitsBandWorried Author:Rod Stewart
“Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses - I had a huge rock-band mania. I play a little bit of drums.” LittlesPlayBitsRocksHugeBandLittle BitGunRoseQueensRock BandsManiaAerosmithGuns N RosesBon Jovi Author:PSY
“I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band. For me, 'SNL' is like... this is gonna sound overly dramatic, but... the way I am, it feels like I'm a soldier, so it was like, 'What do you want me to do? Put me anywhere. Do you want me to do these sketches? Great.'” WayWantFeelsLittlesBitsSoundMissingBandLittle BitSoldierDramaticWant MePunkYou Want MeSnlMissing SomethingDo You Want Me Author:Fred Armisen
“My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a bit nerdy.” WorldTwoSchoolBitsCommunityBandGirlfriendBalletMy GirlfriendSaxophoneNerdyTwo SistersMarching Band Author:Jennifer Garner
“A lot of bands that are great disappear a little bit faster than they used to. They don't get as much support for the long haul. You have to be pretty tough to hang in there.” LittlesLongUsedBitsSupportBandLittle BitToughDisappearFasterHaulHang In ThereLong Haul Author:Judd Apatow
“Everybody wants to change the world. But I guess how we want to change it is a little bit more quietly than other bands.” WorldWantLittlesBitsBandLittle BitChanging The World Author:Margo Timmins
“I liked anything that was a little bit weird, a little bit different. I always went for the psychotic, weird, 'dingey' bands.” LittlesDifferentBitsBandLittle BitPsychotic Author:Kurt Cobain
“There are plenty of bands who never get in the charts and it doesn't mean that they're not any good. Actually, a lot of the top ten is filled with stuff that just sounds the same. I could guess what's in there now - probably a bit of GaGa, Beyonce and some U.S. R&B males.” MeanStuffBitsSoundBandTenFilledMalesPlentyGagaBeyonce Author:Ellie Goulding
“I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat cat in London or New York to manage you. Thats just crap. All you need is someone a bit older than you with a bit of business nous whom you trust.” ThinkingWayNeedsI CanShowsBitsNew YorkProduceBandCatLondonFatsManageCrapCant Author:Johnny Marr
“I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.” ThinkingWayMeanLittlesBitsInfluenceBandLittle BitEclecticEclectic StyleBlondie Author:Debbie Harry
“From the age of 1 to 6 there is a small percentage that is exclusively homosexual, a small percentage heterosexual and there's a wide band in the middle of people who respond to various stimuli. A little bit here, a little more there.” PeopleLittlesAgeBitsMiddleBandLittle BitVariousWideHomosexualPercentagesStimulus Author:Gore Vidal
“I don't want to paint myself as some villain - I was never a bad guy doing horrible things, but I got too caught up in wanting a very specific thing to happen to the band. Ultimately, I had to find the ability in myself to get over that and stop being so stringent and learn to laugh a little bit more.” WantLittlesHappensGuyBitsAbilityLaughingBandLittle BitPaintCaughtHorribleVillainGet OverCaught UpBad GuysHorrible Things Author:Andy Biersack
“The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.” ThinkingBitsChanceBandAnniversaryReunion40th Anniversary Author:Alvin Lee
“In the morning, I work on my core stability and do some work with the exercise bands. Sometimes I do some upper body and a little bit of leg weights to get warm and ready for training. And then I'm out on the pitch.” LittlesSometimesBodyBitsMorningReadyExerciseBandLittle BitTrainingWeightLegsWarmCoreStability Author:Jozy Altidore
“Capricorn was one of the homes of the Southern rock movement with the Allman Brothers and Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band. I don't think you can come from that area and not be influenced by that stuff a little bit, no matter what generation you grew up in.” ThinkingLittlesMatterHomeStuffBitsGenerationsRocksMovementBrotherGrewBandLittle BitGrew UpAreasNo Matter WhatSouthernCharlieCapricorns Author:Jason Aldean
“When you're in a band - before it got to grunge - you dressed the bit. So yeah, I've always had an attitude with the clothes.” BitsAttitudeBandClothesYeahGrunge Author:Ringo Starr
“Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of Jazz and some Top 40 stuff.” WellsSoulStuffBitsBandJazzSingers Author:Gloria Gaynor
“I don't want to know everything about bands, I want to have some mystique remain because sometimes when you get all of this information you realize that they are just people and that actually takes away a little bit from the aura of somebody.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesSometimesBitsRealizingInformationBandLittle BitAurasMystique Author:John Bush
“I tend to prefer the band thing. I think playing solo is good for about 45 minutes. I remember when I was on my solo tour that I got a chance to play with Martin Stephenson of the Daintees. He's now refashioned himself as almost a delta blues guitar player and he's got all the technique, all the persona and the charisma on stage. I think I do too, but I'm more of a first position strummer guy with a little bit of filigree work. I could listen to him for hours; I could listen to myself playing solo for about half an hour!” ThinkingFirstsLittlesPlayRememberGuyBitsHoursChanceHalfPlayerMinutesStagePositionBandLittle BitGuitarTechniqueSoloRemember WhenPersonaCharismaGuitar PlayerDeltaDelta Blues Author:Bill Mallonee
“I think ultimately what you really want is a few people within any label that are into the band enough to really work on it every day for a long time and to actually try a little bit. But obviously, the major labels have more money to spend, so if they feel like spending it, they have bigger resources there when you need them. It doesn't always necessarily translate into them doing a better job for a band, but I think especially if you're playing the game of commercial radio and making videos and stuff like that, that's sort of an expensive proposition.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsFeelsTryingLittlesLongEnoughJobsGamesStuffBitsBandMajorsLittle BitLong TimeResourcesBiggerRadioSpendingVideoLabelsExpensiveMore MoneyTranslatePropositionsBetter Jobs Author:Adam Schlesinger
“I think it's stripped down as far as electronics go, but we just wanted to write a record that we felt better represented how we sound live with more of a rock feel, which is the direction we've been heading. It's just an evolution of the band throughout the years. We worked on this record longer than any other record, so I don't know if "stripped down" is how I would put it; I think it is a little bit more raw sounding.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingYearsLittlesWantedFeltBitsSoundRecordsRocksEvolutionBandLittle BitHeadingsElectronics Author:Jason C. Miller
“There is no way that I could pinpoint just one person. When I first started, I was listening to Randy Rogers quite a bit, and I was also pretty big into Josh Grider back then. I remember going to a lot of Kevin Fowler shows early, and Eli Young Band was another one of the groups I listened to a lot of when I was learning to write and play guitar.” WayWritingFirstsPersonsPlayShowsBigsRememberYoungBitsGroupsListeningBandGuitarJust OneRogerKevinJoshRandy Author:Curtis Grimes
“Mostly by [listening to] Green Day. I listened to music a little bit before I had heard of them, but after I'd heard of them, I knew music was my calling. I listened to it all day, and I loved it so much that I wanted to be a part of it, so I worked on being in a band from there.” LittlesWantedBitsHeardListeningCallingBandLittle BitGreen Author:Agent M
“My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?” KnowsYearsMeanNamesBitsFiveFourPlansDadBandRadicalGloriousFive YearsCommunistPostureMoscowSiegeFive Year PlansSputnikStalingrad Author:Alexei Sayle
“What originally established the band was cover songs like Not Fade Away. Then, later on, we got more well-known ones like Satisfaction, which you might say echoed the thinking of, well, any generation you care to name, including the present one. But we didn't set out on bits of paper that we were going to be the voice of a generation. The original aim of the Rolling Stones was to play blues. It wasn't even to play rock music.” ThinkingWellsPlayMightCareSongNamesBitsVoiceKnownGenerationsRocksBandPaperStonesOriginalsAimIncludingSatisfactionFadesRollingWell KnownRock MusicRolling StonesFade AwayCover Songs Author:William S. Burroughs
“I've always gravitated naturally towards a little bit of a heavier thing, having been in punk bands and metal bands before I ever got into pop.” LittlesBitsBandLittle BitPopsMetalsPunkMetal Band Author:Lights
“I started out, in the mid-'70s, taking photographs of rock bands that I liked but not because I really wanted to photograph them. Initially, I was pretending to be a photographer, simply so that I could go up to the front of the crowd and be a bit closer to the bands. But, I found I was gradually developing an interest in the photos I took.” WantedFoundBitsInterestRocksFrontsBandPhotographerPhotographCrowdsDevelopingPretendingRock Bands Author:Derek Ridgers
“'Princess' is a good word, as is 'girlish', 'pixie-like' and all these other things. I personally find it a bit boring, it's all been done before. The amount of times you read reviews of bands and it's an all-girl four-piece, and they talk about what the women are wearing... you'll never read a review that's like: "Male singer Thom Yorke, who was dressed in a white t-shirt and jeans..." You would never read that about a man.” MenDoneGirlBitsWhitePiecesFourAmountBandMalesBoringSingersShirtsReviewsPrincessJeansT ShirtGood WordsPixies Author:Lauren Mayberry
“I think a lot of things that people think are complimentary are a little bit condescending, but then we just have to keep doing what we're doing, and being in the band is the important bit.” PeopleThinkingLittlesImportantBitsBandLittle BitCondescending Author:Lauren Mayberry
“I'm sure that a lot of women and men feel differently about it, but for me this isn't about being the girl in the band... it's just about being IN the band, if that makes sense? We're trying to keep it in a pure and genuine place for us and not break it down to gender, because it's just a bit boring and obvious isn't it?” IfsMenFeelsTryingGirlBitsBreakPureBandMen And WomenObviousBoringGenderGenuineMake Sense Author:Lauren Mayberry
“There were people I knew that came to college and had never drank before, and never partied, and maybe got a little bit too carried away with it when they did finally get out of the house... I feel like I got that stuff out of my system when I was sixteen and knew to balance things - but at the same time - it's not like I was out getting my medical degree. Playing in a band, you can still have plenty of fun!” PeopleFeelsLittlesStillsHouseFunStuffBitsCollegeBalanceBandDegreesLittle BitMedicalPlentyDrankSixteenCarried Away Author:Chris Baio
“I found myself in Zurich Airport. I'd done a TV show, oddly enough, with Mavis Staples. That's the way they do it in Switzerland. And I'd had a bit of a late night with members of her band. And I was - my flight was delayed. And I was sitting in the airport, and I just came up with the idea. And by the time, we landed at Heathrow, I'd pretty much sort of got it.” WayIdeasDoneEnoughShowsNightFoundBitsTvsBandMembersLateSittingFlightTv ShowsAirportsDelayedSwitzerlandStaplesLate NightZurich Author:Nick Lowe
“I like a little bit of everything. I think I'll put on Guns 'N' Roses or Rolling Stones any day. But recently I like a band called Bastille, or The Weeknd I'm a big fan of as well.” ThinkingWellsLittlesBigsBitsFansBandLittle BitGunStonesRoseRollingRolling StonesGuns N RosesBastille Author:Steven R. McQueen
“I'm in a funny position: I've been in one band in my life and that was with my brother. As incredible as that has been, I feel like I'm missing out a little bit on being in a real rock band - or how I imagine being in a real rock band to be. It's like being in a street gang: you all wear the same leather jacket or whatever.” FeelsLittlesHas BeensRealBitsImagineStreetsRocksMissingPositionBrotherBandLittle BitIncrediblesMy BrotherGangJacketsLeatherRock BandsMissing OutLeather Jackets Author:Eleanor Friedberger
“If anything, I feel that the current generation of listeners of heavy music are progressing a bit passed their gateway bands and are digging deeper than they used to and understanding more abrasive and complex music and art. It's like being around an unfamiliar language long enough that it eventually begins to make sense.” IfsFeelsLongArtEnoughUsedLanguageBitsUnderstandingProgressGenerationsBandComplexesCurrentsHeavyDeeperMake SenseListenersDiggingUnfamiliarGatewaysHeavy MusicCurrent Generation Author:Jacob Bannon
“When bands are on stage and they ask the crowd, "Are you having a good time?" what they're really saying is, "I just want a bit of reassurance - is everything all right?"” WantAsksBitsStageBandCrowdsGood TimesHaving A Good TimeReassurance Author:Alexis Taylor
“Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven't even touched a guitar.” SchoolBitsMiddleHavensBandHigh SchoolJazzGuitarTouchedMiddle SchoolAfter High SchoolJazz BandLife After High School Author:Mike Tucker
“I think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band like Darkthrone was stuck in the midst of a lot of change and seemed a bit redundant.” ThinkingBitsInterestingPeriodsBandStuckEvolveMidstRedundantNorwegiansInteresting Times Author:Mat McNerney
“I want the music to stand out a little bit more than many other bands do. I still have some stuff where I don't use the high hat, and I don't use any crash cymbals. It just makes for an interesting sound because you don't really notice it when it's not there, but if it was there, you would definitely hear it.” IfsWantLittlesStillsUseStuffBitsSoundInterestingBandLittle BitHatsCrashStanding OutCymbals Author:Sune Rose Wagner
“Gord [Downie] does so much Waterkeeper stuff. They were involved in [protesting clearcuts at] Clayoquot Sound [in the early '90s]. It's hard sometimes to use the capital you have as a beloved rock band and put it to various causes, especially when they're a bit more controversial, like energy issues.” DoeSometimesHardUseEnergyCausesStuffBitsSoundIssuesRocksInvolvedBandVariousBelovedControversialRock Bands Author:Sarah Harmer
“To actually get together and make a band record feels like a bit of a big deal, and that can be quite daunting when you're musicians.” FeelsBigsTogetherBitsDealsRecordsBandMusicianBig DealGet Together Author:Tracey Thorn
“A lot of bands are going out and playing for nothing. A lot of bands will go out and get paid, but the gas tank will eat up their paycheck. When they manage to sell a t-shirt or two, there is a little bit of leftover money there so that they don't have to have McDonalds that day. They can actually eat something decent with possibly a bit of cash leftover. It's a huge part of the business now.” LittlesTwoBitsHugeBandLittle BitPaidSellsManageShirtsDecentGasCashGoing OutT ShirtTanksMcdonaldsPaychecks Author:Matt Snell
“A tenor player named Bud Revels there at the time. A lot of really nice associations amongst the students. Garry Dial was a returning student. He actually got me on Red Rodney's band subbing a little bit. I gigged some with Red when I was 21 in 1988. So I had a lot of nice associations that came from [ Laguardia School of Arts]. But a lot of my education was going on in the clubs. Hearing music and sitting in.” LittlesArtSchoolBitsNicePlayerStudentsBandLittle BitSittingRedClubsHearingAssociationBudReally NiceTenorsHearing Music Author:Jon Gordon