“When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for seven years with the same people, suddenly they'll do something you didn't even think they were capable of.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsKindStyleBandCapableSevenSeven Years Author:Elvis Costello
“Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.” FirstsKindSeemsSchoolRocksStageHugeBandHigh SchoolSingersSongwritersSinger SongwritersLameRock Bands Author:Tyler Hilton
“The tools are evolving, and people's interests are evolving as well. So, suddenly people like to hear bands, people like Devendra Banhart or the xx, bands that make a kind of virtue of sloppiness. That isn't what they would describe what they're doing, but the fact is they make a virtue of the sort of hand-made nature of what they're doing.” PeopleWellsKindMadeFactsHandsInterestVirtueBandToolsEvolveSloppiness Author:Brian Eno
“I've played drums since I was 15. My sisters and I all played instruments. I kind of started with piano and then I actually played saxophone with a jazz band in middle school. So, any knowledge I had of jazz music was from playing alto-sax back then.” KindSchoolMiddleBandInstrumentsJazzPianoMy SisterJazz MusicMiddle SchoolSaxophoneJazz Band Author:Miles Teller
“I drummed in some rock bands. I asked for a drum kit when I was 15 and my parents were kind enough to buy me one and I just started playing with my buddies who played guitar.” KindEnoughParentRocksBandGuitarBuddyRock Bands Author:Miles Teller
“What does surprise me, though, is the amount of attention this band [Guns'n'Roses] has garnered 11 years after the original lineup broke up. That's an interesting phenomenon. It was even interesting back in the day. I mean, [we were] this glorified garage band. It was a great band, but it was not the kind of band you expected to become what it has.” YearsKindMeanDoeInterestingAttentionAmountBandGunOriginalsRoseSurpriseExpectedBrokePhenomenonGarageSurprise MeBroke UpBack In The DayGuns N Roses Author:Slash
“The most inspiring drummer for me is Stewart Copeland from The Police. The Police are the first band I can remember really liking, and Copeland is a guy who was playing in sort of a rock band, or a rock-pop band, but he didn't want to do the traditional kind of rock drumbeat. He was doing all these kind of reggae rhythms, and the reggae style is almost an exact opposite of the rock mold of drumming.” WantFirstsKindI CanRememberGuyRocksStyleBandOppositesPolicePopsTraditionalRhythmMoldDrummerReggaeRock BandsDrummingMost InspiringPop Bands Author:Panda Bear
“The band that I was I auditioning for, they were just all like, dreads and stuff, so I did look kind of out of place. But I had learned the material and it sounded cool as f**k when we were rehearsing.” LooksKindStuffMaterialsBandDreadRehearsing Author:Tony Palermo
“We never had a girl in the band. Why? Certainly there's some rippin' female players in our kind of music. We have no objection to it. It'd be wonderful.” KindGirlPlayerWonderfulBandFemaleObjections Author:Ketch Secor
“In college, unable to be "special" - or in demand - as a girl, I made myself useful, even essential, in my microcosm - as a writer and photographer for the band, particularly for the band director. My "specialness" was to produce something of value, not to look like something (with that different kind of "value"), so I was still fundamentally invisible, but had a significant purpose.” LooksKindMadeStillsDifferentPurposeValuesGirlSpecialProduceCollegeBandDirectorsDemandEssentialsPhotographerSignificantInvisibleDifferent KindsLike SomethingMicrocosmSpecialness Author:Cris Mazza
“It is really refreshing to hear a big band that has the ability to execute ensemble passages with swing and precision while retaining a "small group" feel during the solo sections. This kind of "tight, loose" approach is seldom heard in big bands, whether they are professional or not. Now, all the band needs is to hit the road and take the music around the world!” WorldNeedsFeelsKindBigsAbilityHeardGroupsBandApproachAround The WorldPassagesSwingsSoloSectionsPrecisionRefreshingSmall GroupsEnsembleRetaining Author:John Patitucci
“I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).” PeopleKindCountryKidsRocksBrotherBandLateAlbumsRock N RollCharlieRogerSweetheartBuffaloIraRodeoHaggardGeorge Jones Author:Elvis Costello
“I don't want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that's more my personal taste.” WantWellsKindModernRocksTasteBandMusic IsAppreciateGuitarPopsAlternativesGarageGrungePersonal TasteAlternative Music Author:Al Yankovic
“We became a band that was kind of a big band, kind of a band that quite uncool people listen to, people a lot like me. I've realized that's a much more beautiful fate than the plan I had.” PeopleKindBigsBeautifulFatePlansBandLike MeUncoolCool People Author:Torquil Campbell
“When I was a kid, I liked the newer music that was coming out. I have never really felt confined by any style of music. I would play in bands that were soul bands or that played standards - any kind of music that I enjoyed playing.” KindSoulPlayKidsFeltStyleBandStandardsEnjoyedComing OutConfined Author:Tommy Shaw
“In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of my mind.” ThinkingMindKindBandWingsOf My MindBrassBrass Bands Author:Charles Ives
“The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience.” KindStatesSeemsAudienceBandSizeEmbarrassed Author:Brian May
“I think I've done a lot in this business, whether through screwball methods or not I don't know, that has helped other bands. I made a kind of road for them, you might say. If I raised my price, they found out about it and raised theirs. But somebody had to start it, to make the first move. You have to have the courage and confidence in your own ability. You have to know what the hell and who the hell you are in this business. Music may change, but I don't think that ever will.” IfsThinkingKnowsFirstsKindMayMadeDoneMightMovingFoundAbilityHellBandMethodRaised Author:Benny Goodman
“Most people might think that I've come from a musical background, but nobody in my family was in any kind of band or played anything. I just picked up music from breakdancing really, that's what got me to listen to music, and in general I was just a creative guy.” PeopleThinkingKindMightGuyCreativeBandMy FamilyMusicalBackgroundsListening To MusicBreakdancing Author:Lunice
“I'm kind of claustrophobic... It's not even like enclosed spaces. It's like I hate being stuck in one band, you know? Just being stuck is the biggest drag, for fear that, you know, just that you can't get out.” KnowsKindHateSpaceBandI HateStuckDragJust Being Author:Dave Grohl
“'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!” MenKindIdeasWatchesHonestBandMusicianMonstersBeing HonestNightmareGood Ideas Author:Dave Grohl
“I've never treated anyone in my band like they're not on the same level as me. I'm not that kind of person.” KindPersonsLevelsBandTreated Author:Marilyn Manson
“I wasn't necessarily frustrated in Fall Out Boy, but there were things that didn't get satisfied, desires left wanting. We didn't all meet on the same kind of music. When bands break up, there are all these buzz words that get tossed around to maintain a front for the audience, but in this case there literally were creative differences.” KindDesireFallLeftDifferencesBoysBreakCasesAudienceCreativeFrontsBandSatisfiedFrustratedBuzzFall Out Boy Author:Patrick Stump
“Its cool when I meet young guys from other bands who say how much an impact Aerosmith has had on them and how much they like me.I'll give 'em that 'C'mon you don't mean that' routine, but in my heart I know where they're coming from. If I had grown up in the '70's and was into rock n' roll, I know the kind of impact Aerosmith would have had on me. I know the kind of impact that Elvis and Jagger had on me, and while I'm not comparing myself to those guys, I can relate.” IfsKnowsGivingHeartKindMeanI CanYoungGuyRocksMy HeartBandImpactLike MeRelateCompareEmsRoutineRock N RollJaggerYoung GuysAerosmith Author:Steven Tyler
“I tend to write pretty much by myself. I always did that anyway. I used to write with Ron Strykert 'cause he was the only guitarist and we played well together. We lived in the same place. I would play a certain style and he would kind of dance around what I did, in a sense. I learned from him and also vice-versa. With this band, I think I bounce ideas off everybody. Perhaps on the next album they'll be more collaborative stuff, but for the last 2-3 years, I've been pretty well writing by myself.” ThinkingWritingYearsWellsKindIdeasPlayTogetherLastsUsedCertainNextCausesStuffStyleBandAlbumsVicesVice VersaBounceGuitarist Author:Colin Hay
“Caitlin Cary and I were always talking about X when we talked about whiskeytown, before it became an actual band. We like the concept of there being no real front person in X, yet this kind of switch up of vocals and really their sheer power, and their ability to sort of bastardise punk rock and midwetsren rock and even country into their own sound.” KindPersonsRealCountrySoundAbilityTalkingRocksFrontsBandConceptsPunkSheerVocalPunk Rock Author:Ryan Adams
“I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn't. And clearly the ones who wrote music were more superior human beings in his mind. So he kind of nudged me and sort of prodded me into it. I picked it up slowly. Then I learned more about chords and harmony and I just kept adding to that. One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.” WayWritingMindHumansKindTwoRememberAsksHuman BeingsPlayerInformationBandMusicianPicksHarmonySuperiorsGreat ThingsChordsGood Information Author:Bill Bruford
“We have an incredible audience. I'm as proud of how Fairport relates to its audience as I am of any music we have produced. I think we're a real people's band. Massive popular success has never bothered Fairport. We've never been put in the position of being celebrities. A Fairport concert is like a meeting of friends. There's no big, security wall around us. It's kind of how music should be.” PeopleThinkingShouldKindRealBigsAudienceSecurityPositionWallProudBandMeetingsIncrediblesRelateMassiveConcertsBothered Author:Ric Sanders
“I was working in a church in Florida as a youth intern, which means I really didn't do much other than staple stuff. I'm from Dallas, Texas, and every time my grandmother would call-she would call me any time of the day-I'd be home answering the phone. She was like, "What do you do all day?" and sarcastically I would say, "Well, I'm trying to chalk off the next year to spend time finding a band name." And she said, "Well mercy me, why don't you get a real job?" I thought, "Wait a minute. That's the perfect name." That kind of freed up my year but that's where the name came from.” TryingYearsWellsKindMeanSaidRealHomeJobsNextNamesStuffWaitingChurchPerfectMinutesYouthBandFindingsMercyPhonesGrandmotherCall MeTexasFloridaEnd TimesMy GrandmotherSpend TimeNext YearDallasStaplesReal JobsChalkDallas TexasAnswering The Phone Author:Bart Millard
“It's really an orchestral piece featuring a group and it was quite revolutionary at the time and it in fact, it kicked Deep Purple off as a name in Great Britain because it made all the newspapers. Everyone was writing about us. And there was some confusion as to what kind of band we were after that, which is why Deep Purple in Rock is such a hard unbending album of really furious hard heavy rock. Heavy metal hadn't been invented at that point.” WritingKindMadeHardFactsNamesPiecesGroupsRocksBandAlbumsHeavyNewspapersConfusionRevolutionaryBritainMetalsPurpleFuriousGreat BritainHeavy MetalDeep Purple Author:Roger Glover
“A lot of the music is the kind of thing I grew up with, listening to it with my parents. So there was a band in London called the BBC Big Band, and I sang with them. And I had never done a big band before, and it was just so fantastic and I had such a good time...so that's how it all came about” KindDoneBigsParentListeningGrewBandGrew UpMusic IsLondonFantasticGood Times Author:Frances Ruffelle
“I think when you leave a band in any situation that you are a part of.. I mean, when I was with It Bites I was a quarter of something, and when I was with Robert Plant I was a sixth of some- thing and when you leave you become the whole thing. So just after you spend time realizing what you are, and it just happened that I was doing that in my life as well as musically, it kind of happened at the same time. I was getting to a point in my life where I was beginning to realize who I am, and I like me.” ThinkingWellsKindMeanWholeRealizingSituationHappenedBandPlantWho I AmLike MeBitesQuartersEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Francis Dunnery
“Hanoi Rocks was our baby and we were the core and we started the band. All those years that went to waste because of that accident, it's only right that we have some kind of advantage because it's our history. The name 'Hanoi Rocks' I think is one of the very best names, if not the best name of all rock n' roll bands.” IfsThinkingYearsKindNamesRocksBabyBandWasteAdvantageAccidentsCoreRock N RollHanoi Author:Michael Monroe
“There's a difference between music that's original and music that's retro. A lot of bands now are kind of retro 70s whether it's Kraut-rock or... I've heard people suggest that we're kind of retro 80s.” PeopleKindDifferencesHeardRocksBandOriginals80sRetro Author:Bill Orcutt
“A lot of guys get slammed pretty hard. I do think there's a tendency with women performers to just sort of write them off. The "Flavor of the Month" kind of thing. Or as a novelty, because I do think women in bands are still considered a novelty, or a little confection.” ThinkingWritingKindLittlesStillsHardGuyMonthsBandTendenciesPerformersFlavorNoveltyFlavor Of The Month Author:Nina Gordon
“When I was four, I think I just wanted to make noise. When I was about 10 years old I was given five CDs for my birthday: Pink Floyd's 'Dark side of the Moon,' the Sex Pistols, Prodigy, Jimi Hendrix, and I can't remember the fifth one, but really different kinds of music. That's when I started to grasp it and enjoy it, listening to it. Then I started being in bands at school.” ThinkingYearsKindI CanDifferentWantedSchoolRememberGivenSexEnjoySidesDarkFiveFourListeningMoonBandNoiseDifferent KindsFifthCdsDark SideMy BirthdayPistolsHendrixProdigiesDifferent Kinds Of MusicSex Pistols Author:Eliot Paulina Sumner
“One thing you might suggest to a young band is don't get involved in any kind of long-term contract because everything changes on a bimonthly basis: The way people hear music and access it, the way it is distributed.” PeopleWayKindLongMightYoungTermOne ThingInvolvedBandBasesAccessLong TermContractsThings ChangeGet Involved Author:Eddie Vedder
“The Stones are not the kind of band that want to get in the details. That's why they have a producer and engineer - to pull the magic out of them and make them sound so great.” WantKindSoundMagicBandStonesDetailsProducersEngineers Author:Nikki Sixx
“A lot of life is about how you feel relating to dealing with this person or that person. If this person makes you feel good, then they're a person to be around; if they don't, they're not. Being in a band is different. The group is the more important part, and you have to kind of shift the way you look at life when you're in a group of people that you work with.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsLooksKindPersonsImportantDifferentLife IsGroupsBandFeel GoodHow You FeelMake You Feel Good Author:Adam Duritz
“I have a feeling that the kids are slowly returning to the roots, with this new Metal trend. I can really feel there are a lot of exciting young bands doing kinds of underground Metal, which of course is a lot more dirty than the stuff that we do, but I like it all the same.” FeelsKindI CanFeelingsKidsYoungCoursesStuffBandRootsExcitingDirtyTrendsMetals Author:Yenz Leonhardt
“I think the record-buying public know what they like, and when people are trying to pander to them, I think they know it. They want the genuine article, so if we try to sort of "dumb down" for the mass public, I think they're too smart for that, and would recognize us as fakes. It seems like the bands that do crossover do so really on their own terms, and they just find that their terms just kind of make a big dove-tail with the masses.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindBigsSeemsTermRecordsBandMassSmartGenuineDumbFakeBuyingArticlesTailsDoveCrossover Author:Ira Kaplan
“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
“I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see.” IfsKnowsKindDoeHardFactsSeemsRocksMissingBandRock N RollManhattanGood Bands Author:Joan Jett
“One springs to mind: one of our very first gigs in a small East Texas town was not well promoted. At least, that was our conclusion. After the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience. We kind of made the best of it playing through the first set, took a break and bought him a Coke and then went on to perform for the remainder of the night. It wasn't exactly a catastrophe but it certainly stands as legendary.” MindFirstsWellsKindMadeNightBreakAudienceBandSpringTownsCustomersEastConclusionTexasCatastropheCurtainsGigsLoadedCokeLegendaryEast Texas Author:Billy Gibbons
“When I was 16, I used to drive huge loads of laundry in a three ton truck. I would turn round at night to drive back and see the band in a place north of Toronto called Dunn's Pavilion. I would drive that truck all day and they drive back and all the way until one day I wrecked the truck. I fell asleep and wrecked it. I was OK and so was my helper. I called my dad and the first words out of his mouth were, "are you OK?" I was really lucky I had a kind father.” WayFirstsKindUsedNightTurnsThreeFatherHugeDadOne DayLuckyBandMouthsRoundsMy DadLoadTruckLaundryTorontoHelpers Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously.” WritingKindDifferentSongRocksBandDifferent KindsWriting Songs Author:Colin Hay
“I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground rock tours. I've been on multimillion selling rock shows. I've been in the jam band thing, and both commercial and underground hip hop. Very few people listen to one kind of music.” PeopleKindDifferentShowsRocksInvolvedBandProjectsHip HopSellingHipsHopsDifferent KindsJam Author:Boots Riley
“I don't like meeting bands that I like, because in the slight case that they might not be cool, it kind of ruins it for me.” KindMightCasesBandMeetingsRuinsBeing Cool Author:Zac Farro
“We didn't know what the reception was going to be when we walked out on the runway, but it felt like we were in a rock band. People started cheering. It was a nice way to begin Zoolander 2, with that kind of reception.” PeopleKnowsWayKindFeltNiceRocksBandCheerReceptionRock BandsRunway Author:Owen Wilson
“I think musically, there's always the stuff you're into that you've always been into but every once in a while there's a new band that kind of stokes you out a little, at least for me.” ThinkingKindLittlesStuffBandStoke Author:Dusty Redmon