“I started playing guitar when I was in eighth grade, and that led to trying to write songs and trying to figure out how to play in bands. That led to meeting people, and getting into the local punk rock scene, and going to shows. So that was how I really got into the culture of it.” PeopleWritingTryingPlayShowsSongCultureRocksFiguresSceneBandMeetingsGuitarLocalsGradesPunkPunk RockPlaying GuitarEighth Grade Author:Chris McCaughan
“I thought [ as a kid], "Maybe I don't want to start a punk band necessarily. I just want to learn to be a great songwriter," and got really into trying to figure out how that could be possible.” WantTryingKidsFiguresBandPunkSongwriters Author:Ezra Furman
“I think our party and particularly our movement, the conservative movement, does have more of a problem with con men and charlatans than the Democratic Party. I mean, the incentives seem to be set up to allow people - as long as you have a band of a few million fanatical followers, you can make money. The Democrats have managed to figure out how not to do that.” PeopleThinkingMenMeanLongDoeProblemSeemsPartyMillionsFiguresMovementBandDemocraticDemocratConservativeMaking MoneyFollowersIncentivesDemocratic PartyCharlatans Author:Ann Coulter
“I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, well, neither do I. I mean, I can carry a tune, but anyone who picks up a bass can figure it out. You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything- You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it.” WantWellsMeanI CanGirlMagicTalentFiguresBandPicksGet BetterTunesBassUnicornTell A Girl Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.” ParentSituationFiguresBandPatternsHardest Author:Stone Gossard
“You have to figure out as a band how a band becomes a business, and then you have to keep that business mentality separate from the creative one, which is good for the songs. It's always a work in progress.” SongCreativeProgressFiguresBandMentalityWork In Progress Author:David Longstreth
“I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.” TryingYearsRecordsFiguresBand Author:Beck
“Louisville was also good place for being able to make whatever kind of music you wanted to. You didn't have to worry about renting a practice space or figure out when another band would be in there or worry about if your stuff is going to get stolen.” IfsKindWould BeAbleWantedStuffSpacePracticeWorryFiguresBandStolenGood PlaceLouisville Author:David Pajo
“I try to use other songs or bands as reference points - it seems like the easiest way to get across what are really differences of taste or opinion. If you know what kind of music somebody loves, then you can kind of figure out why they do what they do.” IfsKnowsWayTryingKindUseSeemsSongDifferencesOpinionFiguresTasteBand Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I was in a hardcore band that had no melody, no chance of finding any success, and I was just trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life. And that came out and changed my life forever - on an artistic level, and a lyrical level, for sure.” TryingChanceLevelsHellForeverFiguresChangedBandFindingsArtisticMelodyChanged My LifeLyricalHardcore Author:Aaron Bruno
“I love people. I love being in a band. I love making music. I had to figure out that was way more important than being addicted.” PeopleWayImportantLove IsFiguresBandLove Making Author:Rob Halford
“When you start out as a band, you stake your claim and you go for it. And there's a part of you that dreams it and imagines it and does everything to get there, but you can't ever expect to sell 8, 10, 12, 20 million albums. It becomes this thing that you really have to figure out as you go.” DoeDreamMillionsImagineFiguresBandClaimsSellsAlbumsStakes Author:Edward Kowalczyk