“To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands.” EndsBoysRocksBandRapHopefullyBeginnings And EndsGangstaGlamBoy BandsGangsta RapGlam Rock Author:Shane West
“If there's ever a kid out there that can't afford to buy the music, I still want them to hear it, and hopefully they'll go to the show, or buy a T-shirt from the band. That's the idea.” IfsWantStillsIdeasShowsKidsBandHopefullyShirtsT Shirt Author:Conor Oberst
“On the whole, it bums me out that lyrics seem to be written as afterthoughts nowadays. Not sure why this is, but hopefully things will come around again and bands will once again want to "communicate" "ideas" with their audience, and not just content themselves with providing attitude and atmosphere with clichés on top.” WantIdeasWholeSeemsAttitudeAudienceWrittenBandCommunicateHopefullyAtmosphereNot SureProviding Author:Wooden Wand
“I like people like Ani DiFranco, a band called Elbow, of course John Lennon, George Harrison, Barry White. I have a lot of different influences and hopefully they all come together and make some sense.” PeopleDifferentTogetherCoursesWhiteInfluenceBandHopefullyElbowsLennon Author:Billy Boyd
“I can say is our point of reference - and I think that does make us different from some bands and similar to other bands too. But it's just that spirit - it's sort of like a punk spirit - but it's not punk meaning or as in like "I'm here and I'm going to get thrashy and bloody on-stage" - but, we're not going to listen to the rules and the roles already set in place. We just want to make music that is heartfelt and feels good and sounds good to our ears, and hopefully to many other's ears as well.” ThinkingWantFeelsWellsDoeI CanDifferentSpiritSoundRolesStageBandEarsFeel GoodHopefullyPunkBloodyHeartfelt Author:Theresa Wayman