“A lot of the guys that I date and my friends are all in bands.” GuyBandMy Friends Author:Audrina Patridge
“My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there, or you're struggling to get back to where you were.” WorldStillsStruggleRocksBandMy FriendsGet Back80sDrummerRock Bands Author:Steve Valentine
“I didn't decide to start to playing piano until I was almost 13 years old when my friends and I thought it would be fun to start a band. None of us actually played any instruments so the band never quite got off the ground, BUT it made me go home and ask my parents for piano lessons. That was really the beginning for me. Once I started, it was all I wanted to do.” YearsMadeHomeWould BeWantedAsksFunParentLessonsBandMy FriendsInstrumentsPianoNever QuitPiano LessonPlaying Piano Author:Andrew Hollander
“I really wanted to, but I just didn't understand how people became comedians. I kind of thought it was something you were born into. And so I wanted to be a veterinarian or an architect. I wanted to be in a band, and for some reason I could understand how you could be in a band because I had guitars and all my friends played music. Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.” PeopleWantKindReasonWantedBornSecretComedyBandMy FriendsGuitarComedianArchitectPursuedVeterinarian Author:Tig Notaro
“Because I had been in conservatory for so long, I was jealous of my friends in bands.” LongBandMy FriendsJealousConservatory Author:Nico Muhly
“It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. That's when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.” NeedsDifficultMy OwnPathPlayerRocksBandMy FriendsI RealizedTeenagerRock BandsAccordions Author:Al Yankovic
“A lot of punk rock. I listen to various stuff just cuz my friends now listen to a lot of different bands. I listen to a lot of underground stuff like jungle music.” DifferentStuffRocksBandMy FriendsVariousPunkJunglePunk RockCuz Author:Cassie Steele
“That's the way I came up, writing and recording at home. I developed by playing everything myself. I was a drummer first and that's my favorite instrument to play. Once I get the drums done, everything else comes real quick. Also, we track in my friends' garage, which is really small ... there's not really room to record live with a band.” WayWritingFirstsRealDonePlayHomeRoomsRecordsBandMy FriendsInstrumentsMy FavoriteTrackDrummerGarage Author:Pete Yorn
“I was in a couple punk bands as a kid. I did some more experimental stuff with my friend Dan for a few years.” YearsKidsStuffCoupleBandMy FriendsPunk Author:Venetian Snares
“I don't know a lot about New Zealand except that it is beautiful! All of my friends in bands who have toured there have said great things about it so I hope I can go perform there soon!” KnowsSaidI CanBeautifulBandMy FriendsGreat ThingsNew Zealand Author:Dia Frampton
“My favorite idea is doing an all-night tent show starring my friend's band Marijuana Deathsquads, where everyone would wear super-loud headphones, and there would be tons of subs and lights. It'd be really dope.” IdeasShowsLightWould BeNightBandMy FriendsMy FavoriteLoudMarijuanaAll NightDopeTentsHeadphones Author:Justin Vernon
“I started playing bass in my friend's band for some reason. It was just something I did because, well, he asked me if I wanted to play bass and he played me this song - Nirvana's version of "Molly's Lips", the Vaselines song - and he said, "You can do this! This is not hard!" and it's like a two-note song. I learned that and then I thought I was a genius.” IfsWellsSaidTwoHardReasonPlayWantedSongCan DoGeniusBandMy FriendsNotesLipsVersionsBassPlaying BassVaseline Author:Jens Lekman
“My friend worked at a record store in Burlington and I really liked R.E.M. and a lot of music, but I didn't go to see much. I was 16, so I wasn't in bars unless I knew the band and could get in.” RecordsBandMy FriendsStoresBarsRecord Stores Author:Sarah Harmer
“There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the Iraq war when nobody was. I said, "I will do a fundraiser for that guy." And then my friend John Hall, from the band Orleans...He ran for Congress in my district and won. I did a bunch of fundraisers for him.” SaidWarMomentsGuyBandMy FriendsCongressIraqBunchRanHallsThat GuyIraq WarSpeaking OutFundraiser Author:Dar Williams