“People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldDoeArtistNextParticularBandLike Something Author:Conor Oberst
“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
“If youd asked me after Band of Brothers what thing I wanted to do next, I certainly never would have imagined Southland.” IfsWantedNextBrotherBand Author:Michael Cudlitz
“From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.” ImportantNextGenerationsRocksBandAll TimeRock Bands Author:Dave Grohl
“Nothing's more exciting than a day in a studio with a string section - or more ruinously expensive. So it's good to feed that habit away from the band, especially if it means more experience for the next Radiohead string day.” IfsMeanNextHabitBandExcitingStudiosExpensiveStringsSectionsRadiohead Author:Jonny Greenwood
“There's too much of everything - too many bands, too many albums, too much information all the time. You're seeing fewer album releases treated as big events, because of the influx. It's almost a "here this week, forgotten next week" thing.” BigsNextToo MuchSeeingWeekEventsInformationBandForgottenAlbumsTreatedReleaseFewerNext WeekToo Much InformationBig Events Author:Matt Smith
“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
“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
“For me, a great show is when there's a great rapport with the band and the audience, and we're all really into it. The first trick is to bring the audience into the band, break the ice, have a life, and be one, so you can enjoy the next hour and a half together.” FirstsShowsTogetherNextEnjoyHoursHalfBreakAudienceBandTricksIceRapport Author:Andy Summers
“Good evening everybody, my name is Robbie Williams, this is my band and for the next two hours YOUR ASS IS MINE!” TwoNextNamesHoursMinesBandAssEveningGood Evening Author:Robbie Williams
“Music has always been in my family down to my dad through my uncle. I'm just the next generation, since it's always been around me when I was younger when I looked up to my mom and dad, to Michael Jackson, and B2K was my favorite band growing up.” NextGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsMomDadBandMy FamilyMy DadMy FavoriteMy MomUnclesNext GenerationMom And DadFavorite Bands Author:Jacob Latimore
“People used the term "hardcore" loosely. A lot of bands use it as a jumping stone to the next level. Hardcore, it's got a lot more to with then music. It's a very passionate movement.” PeopleUseUsedNextTermLevelsMovementBandStonesPassionateJumpingNext LevelHardcore Author:Roger Miret
“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
“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
“Personally, the message that I would like to convey to everyone is just that life is really great and you can do whatever you want with it. That's what I feel like I've gotten out of my experience with the band, because I have done so many amazing things that I never thought I would get to do-and I don't really feel like I'm any more qualified than the next person. I feel like people should take their goals seriously and do exactly what they want, because they can.” PeopleWantFeelsShouldPersonsDoneLife IsNextGoalCan DoBandMessagesReally GreatQualifiedAmazing ThingsDo Whatever You Want Author:Agent M
“I remember I was really into this British band, The Vapors, with that song "Turning Japanese." I thought that they were really next level genius cryptic weirdos. And then I realized when I got older they are just using a lot of British words, and I didn't know what they meant. But I thought, Oh, they are making up their own language.” KnowsRememberSongNextLanguageLevelsGeniusBandBritishI RealizedNext LevelMaking UpWeirdoVaporCryptic Author:Craig Finn
“I feel like that for the next album, we're going to know what we're doing for each song even more than what we did for this one, just because we'll have really fleshed them out as a band before recording.” KnowsFeelsSongNextBandAlbums Author:Theresa Wayman
“And the next album I do is going to be different because I'm going to change. I already did that thing where I had a band - and I had a great time with a band - but it was almost like pandering to get a record label deal.” DifferentNextDealsRecordsBandAlbumsLabelsGreat TimesRecord LabelsHad A Great Time Author:Laura Bell Bundy
“Critics and fans use the music of their youth as reference points. For years, people seriously wondered who "the next Beatles" were going to be, and classic rock bands were the de facto yardstick for rock quality.” PeopleYearsUseNextQualityFansRocksYouthBandCriticsClassicRock BandsYardsticksClassic Rock Author:Michael Azerrad
“I understand why there's a natural suspicion of the "Next Big British Band."” BigsNextNaturalBandBritishSuspicion Author:Gary Jarman
“When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I have a memory of them on a small stage next to me in the TV studio. A memory of their performance is burned into my mind. Seared.” MindFirstsNextMemoriesStageTvsBandFirst TimePerformancesStudiosPopsBurnedAces Author:Beck
“I get a chance to see new bands and new music. I've seen a lot of amazing local bands, bands that I think 'have what it takes', that they could become the next big thing. More often than not it doesn't happen.” ThinkingBigsHappensNextChanceBandLocalsBig ThingsNew Music Author:Matt Snell