“I can pinpoint the moment when my first band recorded, when I was 14 and 15 years old. I always enjoyed writing songs and playing, but there was something about going in and capturing it that felt very Zen and perfect for me. A light switch went on and I just realized that's where my musical capacity was the most suited. I just followed on blind faith that that was like a calling for me.” WritingYearsFirstsI CanMomentsLightSongFeltPerfectCallingBandCapacityBlindMusicalEnjoyedWriting SongsBlind FaithJust RealizedPerfect For Me Author:John Congleton
“I realized that calling yourself a feminist or not calling yourself a feminist, just by being in a band of all girls, it's all you talk about.” GirlCallingBandFeministI Realized Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Our band is different in the sense that we all are involved with a lot of different projects. It's hard to say when we'll record again, but we're not calling it quits right away.” DifferentHardRecordsInvolvedCallingBandProjectsQuitting Author:Conor Oberst
“Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play music recorded by others, stay true to the original, and still add fire and flare, why not?” IfsStillsEnoughPlayFireCallingBandHighestOriginalsAddWhy NotStay TrueFlare Book:We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-biz Saga Source: We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-biz Saga
“When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.” RecordsFoolCallingBandCrackers Author:Levon Helm
“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