“I make sure to hold onto everything, even the stuff I've gotten rid of, because if there's one thing I've learned about the band is that I'll bring stuff in, and it's oftentimes the stuff that I've gotten rid of that's the stuff that everyone else is like, "yeah!!!!"” IfsStuffOne ThingBandYeahI've LearnedThings I've Learned Author:John Dieterich
“It's a lot easier having a girlfriend in a band than if you were going out with someone that lived in London.” IfsEasierBandLondonGirlfriendGoing Out Author:Simon Taylor-Davis
“People should quit their jobs, move to Oklahoma, move in with 34 people, pay $100 a month in rent and start a band or start painting. That way you'll feel like you have a purpose if you lose your mind, and you'll have some fun on the way.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMindJobsMovingPurposeFunLosesPayPaintingLike YouMonthsBandQuittingOklahoma Author:Josh Jones
“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
“Performing alone - it's a very solitary experience. When you're in a band, when something amazing happens on stage you can look at each other, "Yeah! we're so locked in." Or if something goes wrong, you can look at each other and shrug and say, "Oops." If you're doing it by yourself, you reflect on it in a completely different way.” IfsWayLooksDifferentHappensStageBandYeahPerformingDifferent WaysLockedSolitary Author:Aoife O'Donovan
“If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.” IfsWorldBigsGuyNew YorkBandCharlieSeattle Author:Quincy Jones
“We had punks literally protesting Fugazi. I respect a boycott. I respect a conscionable boycott, but of all bands to boycott? Fight crime. If you really want to get out there, go fight crime.” IfsWantFightingCrimeBandPunkBoycott Author:Ian MacKaye
“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 think some of my inspiration came from just being around music. My family was into music. My uncle had his own band and my father use to sing in my uncle's band. If you want to go to the music influences we could be here all day. That's everybody from Michael Jackson all the way up to people in the game now that inspire me.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantUseInspirationFatherGamesInfluenceInspireBandMy FamilyJust BeingUncles Author:Nelly
“Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a certain amount of courage. In my early twenties, if I wasn't getting good enough at it, then people would not come and see me. Anybody who has lasted this long - I hope we get better with age.” PeopleIfsLongEnoughShowsAgeTogetherCertainAmountBandTwentiesGet BetterTunesGood Enough Author:Bonnie Raitt
“I certainly know guys in comedy, I know some actors, and I definitely know some musicians, who have survived to a certain age and make a good living doing what they do, but nobody knows who they are. They wake up every day and they have the ability to get paid practicing their art, but underneath it all, if you scratched the surface, you still get, "If I only had my own show . . .," or "If I only had my own band . . ." It's what people always do when they want to be their own star.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantArtStillsShowsAgeGuyCertainActorsStarsMy OwnAbilityComedyBandMusicianWake UpPaidSurfaceSurvivedNobody KnowsGood Living Author:Denis Leary
“First and foremost, with everybody we wanted to see if they can pull off the songs, play them correctly, and that they it felt right musically. That's something Mike [Mangini] did, it felt like the band. He really gets the style and delivers in a powerful metal way.” IfsWayFirstsPlayWantedSongFeltPowerfulStyleBandMetalsMike Author:John Petrucci
“If you bring somebody into the band you are going to be with them a lot whether it's in the studio, on the tour bus, or at dinner every night; you want somebody you enjoy being around. You don't want an annoying guy .” IfsWantNightGuyEnjoyBandStudiosDinnerBusAnnoyingEvery Night Author:John Petrucci
“I feel vulnerable when my ego is threatened - if I get jealous of another band's good time slot at a big festival, if I'm about to get clobbered in a political debate, if I'm trying to impress someone I have a crush on. It's the opposite of openness, letting go, allowing deep feelings to express themselves. For me, that comes from playing music and from kissing.” IfsFeelsTryingFeelingsBigsPoliticalBandLetting GoKissingEgoOppositesDebateVulnerableCrushGood TimesAllowingOpennessJealousImpressThreatenedFestivalsPlaying MusicPolitical DebatesDeep FeelingGet JealousI Have A CrushI Get Jealous Author:Greg Saunier
“I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and rhythm and loudness, then that is the way the dance numbers will be. But it is pretty hard on romance with seven guitars, three drums, and no melody instruments in the band.” IfsWayHardTodayRomanceThreeNumbersMissingBandInstrumentsSevenGuitarRhythmMelodyAccentsPercussion Author:Gene Kelly
“If you're with a good band and everybody's from the old school, it's different. When you're in your element, you're in your element and things just come. You don't have to drag them out or force them out. They just happen.” IfsDifferentHappensSchoolForceBandElementsDragOld SchoolGood Bands Author:Van Morrison
“[Gord] Downie has become more animated than the early days, but he's still the same charismatic performer. And as a whole, that band is really the result of each individual member. If one member was not a part of it, it wouldn't be the Hip. They're all crucial to the whole thing.” IfsStillsWholeIndividualResultsBandMembersHipsPerformersCrucialAnimatedCharismatic Author:Sarah Harmer
“I think all musicians and producers, they know the real goal is to come up with a record that is entertaining and not boring, that's the goal. I think if everyone agrees that that's the goal then it doesn't matter who's the band and it doesn't matter who's the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingMeanRealMatterGoalSituationRecordsBandAmbitionMusicianNo Matter WhatAgreeCome UpBoringProducersRealisingEntertaining Author:Black Francis
“If you're a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.” IfsStrongBandFiltersGood Bands Author:Black Francis
“If you are in a band or in any situation with other people there are obviously brilliant aspects to it, but there are also things that you start finding yourself tied to.” PeopleIfsSituationBandFindingsAspectBrilliantFinding YourselfTied Author:David Gilmour
“We went on tour with Phoenix. I don't really know anything about Phoenix I'd heard a couple songs. And I thought, I don't really know if I want to go on this, it's kind of weird, kind of a pain in the ass for us. But everyone was like YOU HAVE TO DO IT, it's going to be so good for your career. And I mean I don't know if it was good for our career but the guys in the band were super huge sweethearts.” IfsKnowsWantKindMeanPainGuySongCareersHeardHugeLike YouGoes OnCoupleBandAssPhoenixSweetheart Author:Mac DeMarco
“If you have a counterculture band, you put a name on it, you call them beatniks, and you can sell something - books or bebop. Or you label them as hippies and you can sell tie-dyed T-shirts.” IfsBookNamesBandSellsLabelsShirtsTiesT ShirtHippieBeatnikCountercultureBebop Author:Jim Jarmusch
“There's very notable dynamics in all of the collaborations I've done. It's hard to say if one is more important than the other, but if I had to think of all situations and point to one band that I enjoyed most it would be when I was eight years old. I had a band with my little sister and the kid across the street. We sat around all day playing music and it was bliss. I didn't have any expectations or do it for anyone or worry about selling an album. That was really my favorite band. We were called Hot Chocolate.” IfsThinkingYearsLittlesImportantHardDoneWould BeKidsSituationWorryStreetsBandExpectationsHotMy FavoriteAlbumsEightSellingEnjoyedBlissSatChocolateCollaborationNotablePlaying MusicDynamicsLittle SisterFavorite BandsHot Chocolate Author:Steve Vai
“If you want to achieve something, you have to work a little harder and get out of your comfort zone. That is with everything: relationships, the band, music, athletics. All of the above.” IfsWantLittlesAchieveComfortBandHarderZoneComfort ZoneAthletics Author:Phil Collen
“I've never really been interested in replicating the record in live performance, because I'd just get bored. When I was young I used to go and see bands and, even if it was my favorite band, I'd get bored after twenty minutes.” IfsYoungUsedRecordsMinutesBandPerformancesTwentiesMy FavoriteBoredLive PerformanceFavorite Bands Author:James Dean Bradfield
“I think the furthest I ever got was Guitar Hero. If I could start a band like that, I think I could do it.” IfsThinkingHeroBandGuitarIf I CouldGuitar Hero Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“It costs lots of money to make records. It costs lots of money to generate artwork and manufacture and then ship things to people. If it keeps getting stolen, then the band has less ability to come to your town and perform. And that is ultimately what all of us want to do.” PeopleIfsWantAbilityRecordsCostBandTownsShipsLots Of MoneyStolenArtworkOur Town Author:Matt Snell
“I don't get a lot of big offers. Never have in my career. For some reason, record labels don't call me, famous bands don't call me, only kids in rock bands. I don't know why, and I don't worry about it. I would worry about it if I wasn't working, if I was unemployed.” IfsKnowsReasonBigsKidsCareersWorryRecordsRocksOffersBandLabelsCall MeUnemployedRock BandsRecord Labels Author:Gordon Raphael
“The fact that I don't get big offers, it means that I don't refuse them. And I say no occasionally to bands, if I find them not very interesting to me. Or sounds like a copy of something else, I will say no. But 97% of the time, I say yes thank you to any jobs I'm offered.” IfsMeanFactsBigsJobsSoundInterestingOffersBandRefuseCopiesVery Interesting Author:Gordon Raphael
“There was a time when my taste in music was mainstream, for example - people like Jimi Hendrix - who I really based a lot of my inspiration on, was the most popular entertainer of his day. He was really number one. And bands like Led Zeppelin, The Beatles are really number one bands. But those days are very much done. I can't say that if I listen to the number one artist now that I get excited.” PeopleIfsI CanDoneInspirationArtistNumbersExampleTasteBandExcitedMainstreamEntertainersHendrixZeppelinsTaste In Music Author:Gordon Raphael
“I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who have had gastric bypass or lap-band surgery and they still have to work out. If you don't work out and eat healthy, you'll look like a melted candle.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksStillsLaughingHealthyBandCourtWork OutHospitalsCandleSurgeryClownLapMaking People LaughBypassJesterCourt JesterGastric Author:Richard Simmons