“There are three things we need to do for a band. We need to make a great record; we need to get the record played; and we need to find an audience for the live shows.” NeedsShowsThreeAudienceRecordsBandThree Things Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what I see there is little kids on YouTube playing music.” NeedsLittlesStillsKidsTvsInternetBandRadioLittle KidYoutubePlaying Music Author:Chris Cornell
“What we need to envision the future, ... stop thinking about the present and saying, 'Let's put a Band-Aid here.” ThinkingNeedsBandAidsBand Aid Author:Bill Vaughan
“We talk about a civilization and love and we're seeing it at the end. So many people around the world are - that whole electronic band that Dostoyevsky imagined of love around the world - that every contribution, every moment of love, every act of kindness feeds that and is like a reservoir for somebody in need to draw upon.” PeopleWorldNeedsEndsWholeMomentsKindnessSeeingCivilizationBandDrawsAnd LoveAround The WorldContributionActs Of KindnessReservoirsDostoyevskyMoments Of Love Author:Michael Novak
“We [My Chemical Romance] didn't push ourselves to that next level. I think we purposefully held ourselves back, feeling like maybe in order to advance, we need to regress. There was definitely a sense of fear within the band about taking that next step.” ThinkingNeedsFeelingsRomanceOrderNextLevelsStepsBandChemicalsNext StepsNext Level Author:Gerard Way
“we Irish don't really need thousands of people surging behind a big brass band to have a parade. One guitar player and a few people whistling will do the job.” PeopleNeedsBigsJobsBehindsPlayerBandGuitarIrelandParadesGuitar PlayerBrassWhistlingBrass Bands Book:Self-portrait Source: Self-portrait
“I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat cat in London or New York to manage you. Thats just crap. All you need is someone a bit older than you with a bit of business nous whom you trust.” ThinkingWayNeedsI CanShowsBitsNew YorkProduceBandCatLondonFatsManageCrapCant Author:Johnny Marr
“College radio is a very important medium that needs to survive in difficult economic times when some stations are being sold off and shut down. College radio is the future for broadcasting stars and pioneers of tomorrow, and we as a band, Coldplay, support the vital mission of college radio and we also support College Radio Day, the day when college radio comes together.” NeedsImportantTogetherStarsDifficultSupportEconomicCollegeTomorrowBandRadioMissionsMediumsStationsPioneersBroadcasting Author:Chris Martin
“Puffy's the only guy who's jealous. All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to be the focus. Bands perpetuate that myth. With somebody like Sebastian Bach it makes sense. Look at him. He could be in an Avon ad.” ThinkingWantNeedsLooksGuyFocusBandMythSingersMake SenseJealousAdsDrummerAvon Author:Mike Patton
“If you're working with a band and you really want to work them into the episode, you've got to say to them, "Look, we need you around every day and on Tuesday night all night because we need you to do voices as we're changing stuff." We do the show so quickly, and you just can't get bands to do that. It's not really fair.” IfsWantNeedsLooksShowsNightStuffVoiceBandFairsEpisodesAll NightNeed YouTuesdayTuesday Night Author:Matt Stone
“You don't need to be talented. You don't even have to play the guitar to be a guitar player in a punk-rock band. So I, in a very naïve and teenage way, said, "That's it. I'm going to be in a band."” WayNeedsSaidPlayPlayerRocksBandGuitarPunkTeenageGuitar PlayerPunk RockRock Bands Author:Michael Stipe
“I never did use earphones until into the Eighties or Nineties. I don't like to use earphones. I've never heard anybody sing with earphones effectively. They just give you a false sense of security. A lot of us don't need earphones. I don't think Springsteen or Mick do. But other people more or less have given in. But they ought not to. They don't need to. Especially if they have a good band.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGivingUseGivenHeardSecurityOughtBandEightySpringsteenGood BandsFalse Sense Of Security Author:Bob Dylan
“Everybody needs some real rock in their lives...whether it's bands like ourselves, Aerosmith or Stones...or new bands like Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold...it's out there.” NeedsRealFiveRocksBandStonesFingersAerosmithFive Fingers Author:Nikki Sixx
“The thing about bands is everybody wants to be the next Oasis, and that doesn't mean slogging it out around the toilet [gigs], it means, "Give me the check, I need to go to the Levis shop and I need a 1960s Gibson."” WantNeedsGivingMeanNextBandGive MeChecksShopsToilets1960sGigsOasis Author:Noel Gallagher
“I don't need a Rolls-Royce, I don't need a house in the country, I don't need to live in the south of France. I'm quite happy as I am.” WantNeedsMeanCountryHouseRocksHeroBandStonesFranceUselessRock And RollRolls Royce Author:John Lydon
“Disco satisfied social as well as musical needs. Disco people got to dress up all the time and go to places ... where everybody sort of 'looked good' - and later, after an evening of chemical alteration, everybody looked even better, and the next thing they knew, they were getting The Blox Job. Punk, in the late seventies, purported to be a rebellion against this sort of silly behavior. Maniac bands started thrashing away in dingy little places with no decor, developing their own silly behavior. ... New wave evolved from punk, basically, by sterilizing its own safety pin.” PeopleNeedsWellsLittlesJobsNextSocialBandBehaviorLateDressesSafetyMusicalWaveSillySatisfiedEveningDevelopingRebellionChemicalsPunkSeventiesPinsDiscoManiacsAlterationsDecorSafety Pins Author:Frank Zappa
“People really need to show up early to hear Hollis Brown. They are just an unbelievable live band.” PeopleNeedsShowsBandBrownUnbelievableUp Early Author:Adam Duritz
“To go see a band in a big venue is a difficult experience. I don't really like that too much. I'm not a guy who puts on iTunes and goes, "Oh, what's hot!" I don't need to.” NeedsBigsGuyDifficultToo MuchBandHotVenuesItunesDifficult Experiences Author:Andy Summers
“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
“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
“Let me be clear: I'm a believer in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy. But the implication is that we need a balanced tool chest of diplomatic and military tools alike. Instead, we have a billionaire military and a pauper diplomacy. The U.S. military now has more people in its marching bands than the State Department has in its foreign service - and that's preposterous.” PeopleNeedsStatesClearMilitaryBandEssentialsToolsLet MeBelieverDepartmentChestsBalancedDiplomacyImplicationsBillionaireDiplomaticRobustMarching BandBacking UpForeign Service Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“Nowadays, there's a lot more that comes before music, that I need to take care of before I can sit down and play, and be a contributing member of a band or society. I have to take care of myself and my recovery, and then my family, and then my music.” NeedsI CanPlayCareBandMembersMy FamilyDown AndTake CareRecoveryContributing Author:Patty Schemel
“I hate the attitude of, 'oh we already have a Lydia Lunch, so we do we need a Bikini Kill.' Well, there's like 2 hundered million all-male bands writting 'baby baby I love you, let me drag you around on my ankle.' Is that enough already? Duh!” NeedsWellsEnoughHateAttitudeMillionsLove YouBabyBandLet MeI HateMalesLunchDragAnklesBikinisDuhEnough AlreadyI Love You Baby Author:Kathleen Hanna
“If girls are ever going to start to be in bands as the norm rather than as the exception. They need to see people up there that have just started playing. That's something that had gotten lost. I think that's why there are so many great girl punk rock bands now. It's like you have to make up your own rules because the old rules don't apply. You just have to start with what you have.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGirlLostRocksLike YouBandExceptionPunkNormPunk RockRock Bands Author:Tobi Vail
“I think ultimately what you really want is a few people within any label that are into the band enough to really work on it every day for a long time and to actually try a little bit. But obviously, the major labels have more money to spend, so if they feel like spending it, they have bigger resources there when you need them. It doesn't always necessarily translate into them doing a better job for a band, but I think especially if you're playing the game of commercial radio and making videos and stuff like that, that's sort of an expensive proposition.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsFeelsTryingLittlesLongEnoughJobsGamesStuffBitsBandMajorsLittle BitLong TimeResourcesBiggerRadioSpendingVideoLabelsExpensiveMore MoneyTranslatePropositionsBetter Jobs Author:Adam Schlesinger
“We are diverse, big time. Sully is the main man, which makes sense as the lead man of the band. Tony and myself are quiet; I need to be begged to do these interviews. But it comes down to being a team, that is the main thing. Knowing, understanding and accepting our roles.” MenNeedsBigsUnderstandingAcceptingRolesLaughingKnowingTeamQuietBandMake SenseInterviewsDiverse Author:Robbie Merrill
“Nowadays, it's a lot more in the kids hands. You don't really need a record label. You can get the money together yourselves. You can just do it through Myspace. There are bands that are huge, without record labels today. Now, I think it's a lot more, in kids hands.” ThinkingNeedsHandsKidsTodayTogetherRecordsHugeBandLabelsJust Do ItRecord Labels Author:Mattew Nicholls
“Communication between band-mates is imperative. Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. If I need to be checked, I expect to hear it put in plain words what my faults are, and give my band-mates the ultimate consideration by shutting up and listening, then acting on the advice given. Same goes for anyone else in any band.” IfsNeedsGivingGivenActingAdviceCommunicationKeysListeningHealthyBandUltimateFaultsConsiderationMatesImperativesHealthy RelationshipCommunication Is Key Author:Phil Anselmo
“Bands that have positive lyrics that give people hope, I applaud them, you know I think we need to see more bands come out like that. I think it is great.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsGivingBand Author:Michael Sweet
“Bands will always need studios. The more people there are recording at home, the more people there will be who are going to need a studio.” PeopleNeedsHomeBandStudios Author:John Vanderslice
“I feel like there's not this black-and-white division between concert hall music and music that bands play in a bar. I don't know if this was ever truly the case, but I don't feel that I need to decide between playing for a sit-down, totally silent audience and playing for a bunch of noisy, drunk people in a bar. What I do with the group is somewhere in between.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsFeelsPlayBlackWhiteCasesAudienceGroupsBandSilentBarsBunchDrunkHallsDivisionConcertsBlack And WhiteNoisyDrunk People Author:Missy Mazzoli
“The performing part of it, that's what I live for. I've always told people that's what I was born for. I believe, with the proper things around me, and everything I need as a performer; band, and all that kind of stuff, I still feel to this day there's no one that can touch me. Still.” PeopleNeedsFeelsBelieveKindStillsI BelieveStuffBornBandPerformingThis DayPerformersOld PeopleTouch Me Author:Ginuwine
“You don't pigeonhole yourself, people pigeonhole you. If the world is not at a place yet where it can just be like, "This music is gay and it's music," then it's not my fault that it gets pigeonholed, it's not the people in the band's fault, it's because people won't just let music be music, people who need to put a name on something or to critique something.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsNamesGayBandMusic IsFaultsCritique Author:Beth Ditto
“I really like Howler and an American band on Sub Pop called Jaill. There will always be new bands that I like, it's always been that way. I still go out to shows. One thing I don't like now is this idea that all singing needs to be expressed at maximum volume with so much bullshit sentimentality - it's pervading regular pop music.” WayNeedsStillsIdeasShowsOne ThingBandSingingPopsVolumeBullshitMaximumPop MusicSentimentality Author:Johnny Marr
“I know my own limitations. And if somebody says, "I need songs for a cartoon garage band - they look like this and they should sound like this," it gives you a direction. I like having that kind of assignment.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingShouldLooksKindSongSoundMy OwnBandLimitationCartoonGarageAssignments Author:Beck
“Bands are more willing to take risks and we don't need this big label over us anymore telling us what it means to sell records and get into magazines.” NeedsMeanBigsRecordsRiskWillingBandSellsMagazinesLabels Author:Mat McNerney
“I think every band I'm a part of fulfills something the others don't, so I'm pretty convinced I need all of them.” ThinkingNeedsBandConvinced Author:Colin Marston
“Usually bands would make a song to record for an album, but what happens with the deejays you say "Well the album is everything we need. Thanks band. You can go away now."” NeedsWellsHappensSongRecordsBandAlbumsThanksGoing AwayDeejays Author:DJ Spooky
“You know you don't really need the band or the singer/songwriter in the same way, so you look at everything as part of your palette.” KnowsWayNeedsLooksBandSingersSongwritersSinger SongwritersPalette Author:DJ Spooky
“Since I'm in a band, and I'm not usually in situations where I need to read, it doesn't come up as often, and I don't rely on it as much.” NeedsSituationBandCome UpRely Author:John Petrucci
“I think the Internet really sussed things into perspective. Because twelve years ago, I could spend my days on writing and running my band and touring and making posters and practicing with my band and working on my vocals, but I didn't spend a large pie chart of my time sifting through criticism as well, and nowadays I do, and all female artists do, because to be able to promote your work, you need to live in those spaces.” ThinkingNeedsWritingYearsWellsRunningAbleArtistSpacePerspectiveInternetBandFemaleYears AgoCriticismMy TimeTwelvePieVocalTouringPostersSiftingFemale Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think that it's not enough to do the little Band-Aid things of having celebrities come and read to children. Not that we don't need to read to children, but we don't need to just do it one time and feel good about it. I think we need to think long range about poor people and their relationship to libraries.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsChildrenLittlesLongEnoughPoorBandLibraryAidsFeel GoodRangeOne TimePoor PeopleJust Do ItBand Aid Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I ran into Axl [Rose] at a club some year ago and told him he's crazy, we all miss them, and he needs to get the band back together.” NeedsYearsTogetherCrazyMissingBandYears AgoRoseClubsRanBack Together Author:Steven Tyler
“Then it evolved into more of a ballad style singer/songwriter thing. And there was a conflict in trying to merge the two styles with the same band behind me. 'Cause the musicians that I would need to do ballad-oriented tunes would require musicians who were more into jazz.” NeedsTryingTwoCausesBehindsStyleBandConflictMusicianJazzSingersTunesSongwritersSinger SongwritersBallads Author:Van Morrison
“One thing that Americans do at this time also, though, is let's commit ourselves, just everyday American people Joe Six-Pack, hockey moms across the nation I think we need to band together and say, never again. Never will we exploited and taken advantage of again by those who are managing our money and loaning us these dollars.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTogetherNationsTakenOne ThingMomBandSixAdvantageDollarsEverydayCommitHockeyPacksTaken AdvantageSix PacksHockey Mom Author:Sarah Palin
“We have to band together, but the thing in America is that people are terrified of losing their jobs... Maybe California needs to secede. The only thing that'll make any difference is the money... Tax dollars and losing that amount of money. It's one of the most economically powerful states, isn't it? That's where it hurts.” PeopleNeedsStatesTogetherJobsAmericaDifferencesHurtPowerfulAmountBandTaxesLosingDollarsCaliforniaTerrifiedIt HurtsTax Dollars Author:Cate Blanchett
“We still talk about [school band]. Almost 40 years later. It's like people are talking about, "Man we need to have a morning band reunion".” PeopleMenNeedsYearsStillsSchoolTalkingMorningBandReunionSchool Band Author:Jon Gordon