“Good bands you can kind of lose, then come back and realize they're still good.” KindStillsRealizingLosesBandGood Bands Author:Marisha Pessl
“When you're in a band that's so big when you're young, you kind of lose your identity a little bit. You just become part of the band. I just needed to get away from it.” KindLittlesBigsYoungBitsLosesIdentityNeededBandLittle BitGet Away Author:Roger Meddows Taylor
“With MTV in the '80s, you made your album but then you needed to use any money you made to create a video - instead of being able to use that money to pay for you and your band to live on while you wrote new songs. So MTV upped the ante of looking for one hit. Conceptual bands who didn't have a hit were going to lose.” MadeUseAbleSongLosesPayNeededBandAlbumsVideo80sMtvNew Songs Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“When I went to do "Carson" that night, they wanted us to do two songs, but we were a brand new band. "Conga" hadn't even hit the top 10 yet. They go, "Do you think you could do something that people know, because we want you to do a second song, but not two originals, because we don't want to lose the audience, just in case."” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTwoWantedNightSongLosesCasesAudienceBandOriginalsBrandsBrand NewTop 10Congas Author:Gloria Estefan
“Names for bands lose their meaning after a little while. They become a series of sounds that you associate with people in music, really. The most important thing about choosing a name for a band is if you can imagine forty-thousand people screaming it in unison.” PeopleIfsLittlesImportantNamesSoundLosesImagineThousandBandImportant ThingsSeriesFortyAssociatesUnison Author:Brian Molko
“Acknowledging that we lose is the overarching theme in everything in Stars. To me, that's what punk means. Stars is a punk band because we acknowledge loss. We're not trying to win. We're not trying to project victory. You win alone. I'm not interested in singing for the one winner in the room; I'm interested in singing for all of the losers in the room.” TryingMeanWinningStarsLosesLossRoomsVictoryBandProjectsSingingWinnerAcknowledgeThemeLoserPunkNot Interested Author:Torquil Campbell
“I tend to listen to the artists that originally inspired me to start playing music in the first place, because there is a multitude of wisdom that can be gained by bands like Black Sabbath, Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd and the Cure. I think if we were to pay close attention to what's on the radio right now then we'd lose our identity entirely.” IfsThinkingFirstsArtistBlackLosesPayAttentionIdentityRight NowBandInspiredRadioCuresMultitudesPlaying MusicSabbathBlack SabbathDepeche Mode Author:Jason C. Miller
“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
“It's pretty easy to lose money on tour - most bands do on their first couple of tours. We're more established, but I think it was just poorly booked. It was a mess from the get-go.” ThinkingFirstsEasyLosesCoupleBandMess Author:Zachary Cole Smith