“Music will still be a big part of our environment. The Bible talks about choirs of angels and how there is singing in Heaven. We're going to have the greatest choirs, the greatest bands and symphony orchestras, the greatest music that the world has ever known. The world has never even heard music yet compared to what we're going to have there! If humans can make the beautiful music they have learned to make with these hand-made instruments, think what God can do supernaturally!” IfsThinkingWorldHumansMadeStillsHandsBigsBeautifulHeavenCan DoKnownEnvironmentHeardBandSingingAngelInstrumentsHeavenlyOrchestraSymphonyOur EnvironmentChoirBeautiful MusicSymphony OrchestrasGreatest Music Author:David Berg
“KISS has always been outside of the borders of what other bands can do. Not that some of these other bands wouldn't want to do it - the fact that they may snicker or look down their noses at what we do is more out of jealously than anything else.” WantLooksMayFactsCan DoBandKissingNosesBordersJealouslySnickers Author:Paul Stanley
“Back in the old days, everyone was shocked if a band had a sponsor for their tour. Now, Bob Dylan can do a commercial for Victoria's Secret and people don't really blink; the Beatles' songs are in all sorts of commercials these days and it doesn't seem to offend anybody. The times are changing.” PeopleIfsSeemsSongCan DoSecretBandThese DaysBobShockedDylanOld DaysBlinkVictoriaSponsorsVictoria's SecretTimes Are Changing Author:Judd Apatow
“What's cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails it, and the other one doesn't. I like that elusiveness.” Can DoRocksBandNailsIndie RockElusiveness Author:Andrew Bird
“I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too.” IfsThinkingWorldI CanDreamHappensKidsStuffCan DoBandHomelessCool Stuff Author:Nikki Sixx
“Sometimes [people] say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. In my case, I am pretty fortunate. [ My kids]'re pretty balanced, cool kids, going through pretty much the same thing all the other kids go through. There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do. I don't think they know a lot about what I do, other than that I am in this crazy band, Mötley Crüe.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSometimesKidsFallParentCan DoCasesTreeCrazyBandUniqueFortunateApplesBalancedDo The BestI Am PrettyCool Kid Author:Nikki Sixx
“I'm really interested in bands that sound nothing like anything I do or can do. That's what interests me.” SoundInterestCan DoBand Author:Andy Partridge
“A lot of bands wanna do something new all the time and never repeat themselves, but I'm not so interested in that. If I feel like I can do it better the second time, I'll give it another shot.” IfsGivingFeelsI CanCan DoBandShotsRepeatsSomething NewI Can Do It Author:Bradford Cox
“I'm quite good at water skiing. Dave Clark, from the 1960s band Dave Clark Five, taught me how to water ski in Spain one year. I can do jumps too. I used to go to a club in Heathrow, but I don't do it any more, as it's given me a bad back. I was brought up in Poole, Dorset, so I've always loved watersports.” YearsI CanUsedGivenWaterCan DoFiveTaughtBandClubsSpain1960sSkisDaveSkiingWater Skiing Author:Tony Blackburn
“When I was a kid, a lot of my parents' friends were in the music business. In the late '60s and early '70s - all the way through the '70s, actually - a lot of the bands that were around had kids at a very young age. So they were all working on that concept way early on. And I figured if they can do it, I could do it, too.” IfsWayKidsAgeYoungParentCan DoBandLateConceptsYoung AgeMusic Business Author:Slash
“It's really easy to play harmonics, anyone can do it. It's another thing to be able to swing, to make to make a band swing, to create a groove. Harmonics ain't everything. Being able to play harmonics certainly does not make you a good bass player. Cleverness is no substitute for true awareness.” DoePlayAbleEasyCan DoPlayerAwarenessBandSubstitutesSwingsBassClevernessGrooveBass Players Author:Jaco Pastorius
“For me the idea was always throw myself into different situations and push your imagination as far as you can to get to where you want to get to. I think a lot of bands make the same record over and over again because they're married to the same three or four people. At some point they've done all they can do with their own imaginations.” PeopleThinkingWantIdeasDifferentDoneThreeCan DoImaginationSituationRecordsFourBandMarried Author:Mark Oliver Everett
“Certain punk bands were influential because I thought, If they can do that then I can .Hanging around those bands was how I started my first band - In Praise of Lemmings.” IfsFirstsI CanCertainCan DoBandPraisePunkInfluentialHanging AroundLemmings Author:Boy George
“I can do whatever I want, I can have my band, I can use different people, I can use studio players, it's complete, total freedom for me. If I want to make a video, now that I own my own record company, if the video has an American flame being engulfed by a huge puddle of oil, I can do that, I can say that if I want to.” PeopleIfsWantI CanDifferentUseCan DoMy OwnCompanyRecordsPlayerHugeBandStudiosOilVideoFlamesDifferent PeoplesRecord CompaniesPuddles Author:Richard Patrick
“Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play bass or whatever I bring to the table - producing, songwriting, orchestrating - and I can look at the other guys and say, "He's got that, he's got this, and I have this." It's a team thing.” LooksI CanPlayGuyCan DoTeamHugeBandTablesBelieverSongwritingBassOther Guys Author:Nikki Sixx
“Personally, the message that I would like to convey to everyone is just that life is really great and you can do whatever you want with it. That's what I feel like I've gotten out of my experience with the band, because I have done so many amazing things that I never thought I would get to do-and I don't really feel like I'm any more qualified than the next person. I feel like people should take their goals seriously and do exactly what they want, because they can.” PeopleWantFeelsShouldPersonsDoneLife IsNextGoalCan DoBandMessagesReally GreatQualifiedAmazing ThingsDo Whatever You Want Author:Agent M
“I used to listen to music from the frosting down. As a word nerd, lyrics are really important to me, and then the melody. Playing in the Rock*A*Teens was the first time I ever heard music from the bottom up. I was hearing songs I'd heard a million times on oldies radio, and I'd be like, "Wow, listen to what the bass is doing!" When I was first singing in bands, I'd just get out there with my machete, wildly whacking away at the foliage. But you learn how to listen. When I feel I'm doing it right, it's 90% listening and 10% output. It's not "look what I can do!"” FeelsFirstsLooksI CanImportantUsedSongCan DoMillionsHeardRocksListeningBandSingingFirst TimeBottomRadioHearingMelodyWowTeensNerdListening To MusicBassOutputFoliageMachetesOldies Author:Kelly Hogan
“You are always kind of suspicious that there's a better life out there for you no matter what it is - and obviously being in a band for me was always what I wanted to do, it's the only thing that I can do, it's the only thing that gets me up in the morning, but you can't help but wonder what else you'd be doing if you weren't in the band.” IfsKindI CanMatterHelpingWantedCan DoWonderMorningBandNo Matter WhatBetter LifeSuspiciousI Can Do It Author:Ryan Jarman
“I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create.” WantFeelsArtCan DoBandArt Music Author:Jacob Bannon
“I started playing bass in my friend's band for some reason. It was just something I did because, well, he asked me if I wanted to play bass and he played me this song - Nirvana's version of "Molly's Lips", the Vaselines song - and he said, "You can do this! This is not hard!" and it's like a two-note song. I learned that and then I thought I was a genius.” IfsWellsSaidTwoHardReasonPlayWantedSongCan DoGeniusBandMy FriendsNotesLipsVersionsBassPlaying BassVaseline Author:Jens Lekman
“The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.” KnowsWantCan DoNiceBandNobody KnowsNice ThingsDo Whatever You Want Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“We had to do something at [a festival in Washington, D.C.]. I remember Chris Martin, by then we all knew him, there were certain people who were regulars. He would say, "Oh, my God, you guys, I think I'm going to throw up." It was a daytime festival, and they went on right after some really heavy band, and he was saying, "I don't think I can do this. I think I'm going to throw up." He was in the bathroom thinking he was going to be sick. He said, "They're going to hate us." In fact, they hated them. They hated Coldplay - did not go over well. His instincts were correct.” PeopleThinkingWellsSaidI CanFactsRememberGuyCertainHateCan DoBandSickInstinctHeavyHatedBathroomFestivalsDaytimeI Can Do This Author:Jancee Dunn
“The rewriting is always crucial to what I do; whenever I do a scene, I always tell myself that this isn't final and that I can do it again, better. The pacing is probably from experience. I've always liked gradual disclosure. I keep thinking of my rubber-band theory. You have a rubber band that you keep pulling and pulling and pulling, and just at the moment of snapping you release it and start another chapter and start pulling again.” ThinkingI CanMomentsCan DoTheorySceneBandFinalsReleaseCrucialChaptersPullingI Can Do ItRubberDisclosureRewritingPacingSnappingRubber Bands Author:Robert Cormier