“...the schemes of the International Jews. The adherents of this sinister confederacy are mostly men reared up among the unhappy populations of countries where Jews are persecuted on account of their race... This world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilisation... this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their heads and have become practically the undisputed masters of that enormous empire.” PeopleMenWorldCountryRaceThis WorldMastersHairCivilizationBandAccountsInternationalPopulationJewWideEnormousUnhappyEmpiresConspiracySinisterPersecutedUnderworldWorld DominationUndisputed Author:Winston Churchill
“When I moved to L. A. with this little wimpy garage band, the first people we met were the Doors. Then we met Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin. All of the people who died of excess were our big brothers and sisters. So I said to myself: How do you become a legend and enjoy it? The answer is to create a character as legendary as those guys and leave that character on the stage.” PeopleFirstsLittlesSaidCharacterBigsGuyEnjoyAnswersDoorsStageBrotherMetsBandDiedMovedLegendsExcessBrothers And SistersGarageLegendaryHendrix Author:Alice Cooper
“If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones, where these 2 people do all the things, there is no freedom.” PeopleIfsIdeasSongCreativeBandMusicianStonesArrangementsCompetentCreative Ideas Author:Bill Wyman
“There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement.” PeopleIfsShouldWellsTwoWholeUseAbleUsedSoundHellBalanceBandInstrumentsDistanceDepthGuitarStudiosToneMaximsMicrophonesMicsTrackingPlacement Author:Jimmy Page
“Kansas has always considered itself a "rock band" - some people might say "symphonic rock band," others might say a "classical rock band," but we've kind've prided ourselves on being a rock band. Kansas rocks.” PeopleKindMightRocksBandKansasRock Bands Author:Phil Ehart
“Due to people's health, and certain things that have happened to people's physicality because of their healthy, that would probably keep us from touring per se. It doesn't mean that the original band wouldn't someday do a song. But our focus is on the current band, and moving into the future, as far as touring is concerned.” PeopleMeanMovingCertainSongFocusHappenedHealthyBandConcernedOriginalsCurrentsDuesSomedayTouringPhysicality Author:Phil Ehart
“There's lots of bands where somebody will write lyrics and somebody else will sing them. It works for a lot of people, but that feels weird to me. I don't mean this in a bad way at all but it just feels fake.. I guess in my heart of hearts, whether the person has a good voice or not I want [the songs] to come from them. I don't know why.” PeopleKnowsWayWantFeelsWritingHeartMeanPersonsSongVoiceMy HeartBandFake Author:Frank Iero
“There are two types of bands - there are the ones that are basically solo projects anyways, where there's clearly the one guy who's driving the ship and everyone else is just along for the ride. And then there was my band, where you have a few very disparate-taste, creative people who kind of meet in the middle somewhere.” PeopleKindTwoGuyCreativeMiddleTypeTasteBandProjectsDrivingShipsSoloCreative PeopleAlong For The Ride Author:Patrick Stump
“Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.” PeopleThinkingDifferentStoriesMightRocksBandOppositesHip HopHipsGenreHopsCriticizeRock MusicDifferent Genres Author:Conor Oberst
“I feel fortunate to have made records during an era where people actually bought music. But I have friends in struggling up-and-coming bands now that will certainly never be able to pay the rent, because music has been devalued.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensMadeAblePayStruggleRecordsBandErasFortunate Author:Tom Morello
“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 love the intimacy of small venues, I really do, I like that look that people have that they feel like they're special and they can hear and they can see the band as well.” PeopleFeelsWellsLooksSpecialBandIntimacyVenues Author:Shingai Shoniwa
“As an adult, I think I wanna be living in New York City and help a lot of homeless people and try to become vegan and maybe be a band with some good friends and be making a living and be happy with how much money I have.” PeopleThinkingTryingHelpingCitiesNew YorkBandAdultsNew York CityVeganGood FriendHomelessMaking A LivingHomeless People Author:Rachel Trachtenburg
“When I first got famous, Greg Dulli was also just starting to cook with the Afghan Whigs, and because of the MTV awards I met Dave Grohl and Nirvana and all these rock and roll bands. So I had experience with what it was like when people were taking off at that time.” PeopleFirstsRocksMetsBandStartingCooksAwardsRock And RollDaveMtvAfghan Author:Denis Leary
“I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and it was kind of boring - just chords, chords, chords. Then my father took me to a mountain music and dance festival in Asheville, North Carolina, and there I saw relatively uneducated people playing great music by ear.” PeopleKindSchoolFatherSawsNew YorkBandMountainEarsJazzBoringFestivalsChordsGreat MusicCarolinaUneducatedNorth CarolinaTenorsMusic And DanceBanjosJazz BandAsheville Author:Pete Seeger
“When I was a teenager in a band playing, everything was great. I still don't feel any different. I still wake up with the same love and passion as when I did this with the band. Because my life in music has let me live the kind of life that I've loved, and I've been able to share it with others and take care of the people I love.” PeopleFeelsKindStillsDifferentCareAblePassionShareBandLet MeWake UpTake CareTeenagerLove And PassionSame Love Author:Frank Wildhorn
“Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.” PeopleTogetherWinningSportsTeamSpecialBandMembersElementsUniqueArmyStrongerCombinationWorking TogetherUnitsSports TeamWinning SportsBand MembersStronger Together Author:Steven Van Zandt
“When you start a rock n' roll band, you've gotta fake it till you make it. You begin by doin' what you love- and what you love is usually what some other people have already done. It just depends on how much of a fool you make of yourself along the way to finding your own sound, assuming you find it.” PeopleWayDoneSoundLove IsRocksFoolDependsBandFindingsAssumingFakeRock N RollWhat You Love Author:Steven Tyler
“The Big Band Era is my era. People say, 'Where did you get your style from?' I did the Big Band Era on guitar. That's the best way I could explain it.” PeopleWayBigsStyleBandGuitarBest WayEras Author:Chuck Berry
“The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play free, and that was a wonderful thing.” PeopleKindPlayWonderfulBandBenefitsGratefulGood ThingsEnormousWonderful ThingsSantaSanta Claus Author:Mickey Hart
“Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.” PeopleWayArtPlayLostBandTreatsDistractionCelebrationLost Art Author:Corey Taylor
“The thing I get out of it is the connection. I remember going to shows as a kid and meeting eyes with the people in the band, and knowing they are meeting eyes with you, and that moment, that smile, and that's your moment. I want to create millions of little moments for other people.” PeopleWantLittlesMomentsShowsEyeKidsRememberMillionsKnowingBandConnectionsMeetingsThat MomentYour MomLittle Moments Author:Joan Jett
“I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character.” PeopleBookCharacterListeningFitBandMusicianMusicalMisunderstoodListening To Music Author:George Pelecanos
“Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the South.” PeopleWantedBandEnglandSouthSnobby Author:Mick Jagger
“You have to realize that everyone in a band is all more or less together, and everyone has their own niche, and some people lead in some ways, and some people lead in others.” PeopleWayTogetherRealizingBandNicheLead In Author:Mick Jagger
“It's heartening to return to live music, heartening for people like me in a band. It's a very traditional thing to return to. It re-validates the original form that we fell in love with.” PeopleFormReturnBandOriginalsLike MeTraditionalLive Music Author:Mick Jagger
“In my bands, I don't really walk around telling people what to play, just out of respect really. I mean, if there's something I feel in my gut, I'll bring it up.” PeopleIfsFeelsMeanPlayWalksBandGuts Author:Jack White
“I started playing guitar when I was in eighth grade, and that led to trying to write songs and trying to figure out how to play in bands. That led to meeting people, and getting into the local punk rock scene, and going to shows. So that was how I really got into the culture of it.” PeopleWritingTryingPlayShowsSongCultureRocksFiguresSceneBandMeetingsGuitarLocalsGradesPunkPunk RockPlaying GuitarEighth Grade Author:Chris McCaughan
“Most bands people have side projects and it's not considered a death threat as it was say, with The Beatles.” PeopleSidesBandProjectsThreat Author:Stevie Nicks
“My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these people around my same age or between 17 and 25 that were making music themselves in their own town. They weren't just singing, but creating. I see them putting out this music where there are tons of women involved in the scene and involved in the bands.” PeopleKindAgeLeftVisionAudienceRocksInvolvedSceneBandCreatingSingingTownsPunkPunk Rock Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Part of being in a band, being a painter, or starting a nonprofit is that you're going to make horrible mistakes and look like a total idiot, but you're never going to create that thing that really connects with people if you don't fail over and over and over again.” PeopleIfsLooksMistakeFailingBandStartingHorriblePainterIdiotNonprofitsHorrible Mistakes Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I dont know whos left to hear us. But if there are people who want the real thing, weve got it. My band rocks, and I plan to keep doing it till nobody shows up to see it anymore.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantRealShowsLeftPlansRocksBandReal Things Author:Ronnie Hawkins
“I think the Beatles are a lot of people's favorite band.” PeopleThinkingBandFavorite Bands Author:Miranda Cosgrove
“Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock band. I was dreaming of like corporate lunches and just like, and I'm not really joking. Like the whole idea to me was really appealing.” PeopleWayWellsIdeasWholeDreamRocksBandOppositesCorporateLunchRock Bands Author:Carrie Brownstein
“I think normally people think that they're afraid to die but I actually think people are more afraid to live. People are more afraid to make the choices that they want because they're very hard decisions to make in order to be happy. I think a lot of people are really afraid of that. It's easy to be in a band because you have a lot of things to hide behind so that's really not always living...that doesn't always constitute as living life the way you want. But at times you have to make decisions that sometimes hurt others in order to live.” PeopleThinkingWayWantSometimesHardOrderDiesChoicesEasyHurtDecisionBehindsBandLive LifeHard Decision Author:Gerard Way
“It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists.” PeopleMeanImportantArtistSpeakSocialJusticeResponsibilityIssuesBandSocial JusticeJournalistSpeaks OutPlumber Author:Serj Tankian
“I don't want to preach, but I would like to see metal become more of a united thing. I'm tired of people breaking things down into categories like thrash metal and death metal. I think people tend to stick to one category, and I want people to support all kinds of bands, whether it be Slayer or Queensryche or Death. I miss the days when it was acceptable to listen to everything from Priest and Maiden to Slayer and Venom.” PeopleThinkingWantKindUnitedSupportMissingBandTiredSticksAll KindsPriestsCategoriesMetalsAcceptableI'm TiredMaidensVenomSlayerDeath MetalBreaking Things Author:Chuck Schuldiner
“I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell whether I was hittin the right notes or the wrong notes.” PeopleSchoolBandHigh SchoolNotesSaxophoneBaritonesSchool Band Author:Bobby Keys
“From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, theres going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.” PeopleHappensFunChallengesBandStartingActivismApplesBad AppleSocialising Author:Chris DeWolfe
“Punk can be a mental ghetto. People get into it and make all these rules and pretty soon they're worse than born again Christians and have stupid three hour conversation about things like, which band is a sellout and is straight edge cool or un-cool and it's just completely idiotic. So punk has taught me the aesthetic of the outsider, which is great, but it's also taught me not to get involved in petty little cults.” PeopleLittlesChristianThreeBornHoursStupidTaughtInvolvedBandConversationEdgesAestheticPunkOutsidersCultPettyGet InvolvedGhettoBorn AgainIdioticStraight Edge Author:Jesse Michaels
“There's people that say “It's not fair You have all that stuff.” I wasn't born with it. It was a horrible process to get to this. It took me my whole life. If you're new at this- and by “new at it.” I mean 15 years in, or even 20- you're just starting to grow traction. Young musicians believe they should be able to throw a band together and be famous, and anything that's in their way is unfair and evil. What are you, in your 20s, you picked up a guitar? Give it a minute.” PeopleIfsWayGivingShouldYearsBelieveMeanWholeAbleTogetherYoungEvilGrowsStuffProcessBornMinutesBandMusicianFairsGuitarStartingWhole LifeHorribleUnfairNot FairTraction Author:Louis C. K.
“I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLevelsFansChangedHigherBandHigher LevelMetallica Author:Kirk Hammett
“Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.” PeopleKindMomentsInterestDecisionInterestingRecordsCollegeBandHandleManagersLabelsRecord LabelsEarly 20s Author:Noah Baumbach
“They call it collective energy. It's that same feeling that you get when you meditate amongst a ton of people. What actually makes the festival feel so special is that while you're watching a band or an artist, you're standing there, kind of feeling the same feeling with so many people in such a small space and that gives you collective energy. It's that kind of strange feeling in which you almost feel people breathing.” PeopleGivingFeelsKindFeelingsArtistEnergySpaceSpecialStrangeBandStandingBreathingCollectivesFestivalsStanding ThereSmall Spaces Author:Chelsea Leyland
“Sometimes [people] say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. In my case, I am pretty fortunate. [ My kids]'re pretty balanced, cool kids, going through pretty much the same thing all the other kids go through. There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do. I don't think they know a lot about what I do, other than that I am in this crazy band, Mötley Crüe.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSometimesKidsFallParentCan DoCasesTreeCrazyBandUniqueFortunateApplesBalancedDo The BestI Am PrettyCool Kid Author:Nikki Sixx
“Citizen's Band radio renders one accessible to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. It should not be forgotten that all walks of life include conceptual artists, dry cleaners, and living poets.” PeopleShouldArtistWalksPoetCitizensBandForgottenRadioWideVarietyDryCleanersWalks Of LifeDry Cleaners Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“I was in a band in the '90s called Bikini Kill, and we were so freaked out about documentation then, and there was the whole thing, not just about the male gaze, but that people were going to misrepresent you... a kind fear of the mainstream that a lot of us had.” PeopleKindWholeBandMalesMainstreamBikinisDocumentation Author:Kathleen Hanna
“What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many people really seem to believe that the country was founded by a band of heroes who wanted to be free.” PeopleBelieveCountrySeemsWantedAmericaExampleIdentityHeroBandSeriesMythHeroicAncestor Author:James A. Baldwin
“Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with a couple of other people, or that your Oscar was for supporting actress, not really for a starring role. More subtly, they can cheer your successes too wildly, forcing you into the awkward realization that your achievement of merely graduating or getting the promotion did not warrant the fireworks and brass band.” PeopleParentRolesFailingCoupleBandAchievementActressesExpectedRealizationPrizeCheerGraduatesAwkwardOscarsPointingPromotionNobelNobel PrizeWarrantsBrassFireworksBrass Bands Author:Frank Pittman
“A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous that wasn't the deal. I'm the court jester, not the queen.” PeopleThinkingLongKidsDealsFameBandCourtAidsCuresQueensJesterBand AidCourt Jester Author:Sharon Stone