“When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. It would follow that bands do the same. Bands will find their own voice at some point.” ChildrenSpeakSoundVoiceBandImitating Author:Ian MacKaye
“I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to play guitar and be in a rock band.” ChildrenLittlesPlayKidsWantedSidesDarkRocksBandLateGuitarShyLittle KidDark SideRock Bands Author:Yul Vazquez
“I came upon a child of god, He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me: "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm going to camp out on the land, I'm going to try an' get my soul free.” TryingChildrenSoulLandRocksWalkingBandMy SoulFarmsCampsRock N RollChild Of God Book:Joni Mitchell: Hits: Piano/Vocal/Chords Source: Joni Mitchell: Hits: Piano/Vocal/Chords
“Christmas turns things tail-end foremost. The day and the spirit of Christmas rearrange the world parade. As the world arranges it, usually there come first in importance -- leading the parade with a big blare of a band -- the Big Shots. Frequently they are also the Stuffed Shirts. That's the first of the parade. Then at the tail end, as of little importance, trudge the weary, the poor, the lame, the halt, and the blind. But in the Christmas spirit, the procession is turned around. Those at the tail end are put first in the arrangement of the Child of Christmas.” WorldFirstsChildrenLittlesEndsBigsSpiritTurnsPoorChristianityBandShotsImportanceBlindShirtsTailsWearyArrangementsHaltParadesLameChristmas SpiritProcessionBig Shots Author:Bill Vaughan
“Metallica came along for me at a time and had an affect on me that I feel is the most pivotal moment of my life. I don't think there's been anything else that's even come close that's affected me in the way that that band did when I was a child when I was 11 or 12 years old, and where it went from there.” ThinkingWayFeelsYearsChildrenMomentsBandAffectedPivotalMetallicaPivotal Moments Author:Jeff Kendrick
“I played soccer, and I played in a band, and sometimes I was able to do a movie. And my school would cooperate. It was a very easy way to roll into what later became my profession. It's more innocent. When you're a child actor in the U.S., it's a different thing I think.” ThinkingWayChildrenDifferentSometimesAbleSchoolActorsEasyBandProfessionInnocentSoccerDifferent ThingsEasy WayChild Actors Author:Michiel Huisman
“When I first saw Destiny's Child, I was in the fifth grade, and it made me want to sing and make music and there would be these freestyles on the radio for what seemed like hours, it was just so cool to me. So all of these influences and these styles started to blend together. Eventually, that evolved into me finding the indie scene in Houston. When I was 19, I joined a rock band, and that's when I began to say, "Okay, this is something that I could take seriously."” WantFirstsChildrenMadeWould BeTogetherHoursDestinySawsInfluenceRocksStyleSceneBandFindingsOkayRadioGradesFifthHoustonRock BandsFreestyleFifth Grade Author:Lizzo
“Kind looks, kind actions, kind words, and a lovely, holy deportment towards them will bind our children to us with bands that cannot easily be broken; while abuse and unkindness will drive them from us, and break asunder every holy tie that should bind them to us and to the everlasting covenant in which we are all embraced.” ShouldLooksKindChildrenActionBreakBrokenHolyBandAbuseOur ChildrenLovelyTiesEverlastingCovenantKind WordsUnkindness Author:Brigham Young
“We've always said we're a HEAVY METAL band. We've kinda branched out here and there - we've done a rap thing, we've done a rap-rock thing, we've done something with Angelo Belmonte, who's the primary composer of Twin Peaks. In fact, most of David Lynch's movies is Angelo. He did something with us and that was great. We've also acted, we've done an episode in Married with Children, which was awesome - so we're always looking to do things which you wouldn't expect.” ChildrenSaidDoneFactsRocksBandMarriedHeavyRapPrimariesMetalsComposerEpisodesTwinsHere And ThereHeavy MetalMetal BandTwin PeaksMarried With Children Author:Charlie Benante
“Every band I've been in, it's just become my total life. I feel like a child star - I've missed out on so much.” FeelsChildrenStarsBand Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I hated it so much as a child. I just didn't like it when punk bands went metal, it really bothered me. It was happening left and right in the 1980s. It started I think with D.C. bands - G.I., Soul Side, they went metal. Right at that time, R.E.M. was coming out, these more kinda feminine bands, and I was more drawn to that than to go metal. And you remember MTV, with the bad metal. But even Metallica, it just wasn't my direction.” ThinkingChildrenSoulRememberLeftSidesBandHappeningsHatedFeminineComing OutMetalsPunkBotheredMtvMetallicaLeft And Right Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I don't know if it was related to the type of music that we were doing at that time or what, but Todd Cook actually just turned to me and was like, "You know what would be a great name for a metal band? Dead Child." We talked half-jokingly that we were going to do a band. I guess as time went on, I started writing songs that were more metal sounding, and it just evolved from there. It actually started with the name first, and then the songs came second.” IfsKnowsWritingFirstsChildrenWould BeSongNamesHalfLike YouTypeBandCooksRelatedMetalsWriting SongsMetal Band Author:David Pajo
“The thing I like about the band [Dead Child] is that there's no pretense. We aren't even trying to be artists or poets.” TryingChildrenArtistPoetBandPretense Author:David Pajo
“I think the majority of the people in the band still play in other bands, because we're not that active. But for me, it's the only thing I want to do and it's the only thing I'm focused on. I've always played in a couple of different bands at once, but now I'm only interested in the Dead Child stuff.” PeopleThinkingWantChildrenStillsDifferentPlayStuffCoupleBandMajorityActiveFocused Author:David Pajo
“I think that it's not enough to do the little Band-Aid things of having celebrities come and read to children. Not that we don't need to read to children, but we don't need to just do it one time and feel good about it. I think we need to think long range about poor people and their relationship to libraries.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsChildrenLittlesLongEnoughPoorBandLibraryAidsFeel GoodRangeOne TimePoor PeopleJust Do ItBand Aid Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Parents often brag about the amount of money spent per child, but I think, perhaps ironically, those great monies that are spent - I call it putting a band-aid on a hemorrhage.” ThinkingChildrenParentAmountBandAidsBragBand AidGreat Money Author:Marva Collins