“I want to be able to shoot laser beams out of my hands at people. That's the kind of stuff that you think all bands should do, but they don't, and I can't understand why most bands don't want to do it.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldKindI CanHandsAbleStuffBandBeamLasers Author:Wayne Coyne
“I wanted to reexamine the idea of the album for generations of people who are not my age, who love music or learning about music or are finding this band called R.E.M. or have just previously heard "Losing My Religion" and "Everybody Hurts" as their elevator music. I wanted to present an idea of what an album could be in the age of YouTube and the Internet.” PeopleIdeasAgeWantedHurtGenerationsHeardInternetBandFindingsLosingAlbumsYoutubeMusic LoveElevators Author:Christopher Bollen
“The United States military is now using the music of Metallica and other heavy metal bands to break the will of Saddam Hussein supporters to get them to talk. Theyre blaring heavy metal music at them. That should make the artist feel pretty good, huh? Put your heart and soul into your last CD and the Army is using it to torture people.” PeopleFeelsShouldHeartSoulStatesLastsArtistUnitedBreakUnited StatesMilitaryBandArmyHeavyTortureMetalsSupporterSaddamHusseinHeart And SoulCdsHeavy MetalMetallicaUnited States MilitaryMetal BandMetal MusicHeavy Metal Music Author:Jay Leno
“A lot of people are now criticizing Attorney General John Ashcroft for his policy on detaining what he considers suspicious people. I think he's going a little overboard. Today, he arrested the entire band Foreigner.” PeopleThinkingLittlesTodayPolicyBandCriticizeSuspiciousForeignersArrestedAttorneyOverboardDetaining Author:Jay Leno
“Trying to make it and get people to respect your band, being a cool band-all of that stuff-I think we've arrived at a place where we have kids and everything is in perspective and it doesn't matter.” PeopleThinkingTryingMatterKidsStuffPerspectiveBand Author:Matt Berninger
“People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.” PeopleIfsLooksBigsGirlDealsBandBig Deal Author:Juliana Hatfield
“I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.” PeopleMadeBandExpecting Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“My thing is when people come up and say to me good set tonight and I say you too and then you find out that person is not in any band. Happens to me a lot.” PeoplePersonsHappensBandCome UpTonight Author:Oliver Sykes
“I was a good student but I was also one of those people that could not got to class and then the day before the exam stay up all night (studying), which I do not recommend doing. But that's more the kind of thing you do when you're younger and you're in college in a band and wanted to party, too.” PeopleKindWantedNightPartyClassStudyStudentsCollegeBandAll NightExamUp All NightGood Students Author:Jeff Kendrick
“From the age of 1 to 6 there is a small percentage that is exclusively homosexual, a small percentage heterosexual and there's a wide band in the middle of people who respond to various stimuli. A little bit here, a little more there.” PeopleLittlesAgeBitsMiddleBandLittle BitVariousWideHomosexualPercentagesStimulus Author:Gore Vidal
“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
“There is something I like about talking to journalists that really goes beyond promotion because you aren't just talking to the journalist, but you are talking through them to people who presumably are fans of the Rolling Stones. The interviews give you a chance to say a few things and maybe clear up some of the things people read about the band.” PeopleGivingChanceTalkingClearFansBandStonesJournalistInterviewsRollingPromotionRolling Stones Author:Mick Jagger
“I love being a gypsy and getting on the bus with the band making sounds for the people who love and enjoy a night of Americana and good times.” PeopleNightEnjoySoundLove IsBandGood TimesBusGypsyAmericana Author:Shelby Lynne
“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
“I don't think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love going to beautiful places and give people good music. I love what I do, I`m very lucky man.” PeopleThinkingMenGivingBeautifulLuckyBandLegendsBeautiful PlacesLucky Man Author:Paul McCartney
“When bands come from that underground scene and go into the mainstream, people just hate it. And it blows my mind. If you're saying you don't like what pop culture is, then change it. And when someone does make an effort to change it, everyone rebels against it and hates it. You can't win. People just want that division to exist. They don't want that division to go away.” PeopleIfsWantMindDoeHateCultureWinningEffortSceneBandBlowPopsGoing AwayDivisionRebelMainstreamPop CultureCan't Win Author:Laura Jane Grace
“People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.” PeopleKnowsWritingKindWantedSchoolCertainSongClassNovelCreativeRocksCollegeBandUniversityBarsRock And RollCreative WritingGreat AmericanFraternityTop 10SyracuseClasses In School Author:Lou Reed
“Every day, people say crappy things about my band or whatever, but I live a positive existence. I got through everything by virtue of having the same passion that I've had through the years.” PeopleYearsPassionExistenceVirtueBandThrough The Years Author:Andy Biersack
“I see so many bands, that are trying really hard to write for a person that they've never met. I get the idea behind it and the idea of helping people, but I feel you help people more by exposing yourself.” PeopleFeelsWritingTryingPersonsIdeasHardHelpingBehindsMetsBandHelping PeopleExposingExposing YourselfTrying Really Hard Author:Andy Biersack
“I think the biggest faults that bands tend to have in terms of drama or breaking up is bands don't learn people's personalities. When you spend as much time with people obviously it's going to rub off, and you are going to get to know the way people are. You can make sure day to day people are accommodated to and people feel positive about the experience, then you can stay together as a band, at least that is my opinion.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFeelsTogetherTermOpinionPersonalityDramaBandFaultsDay To Day Author:Andy Biersack
“I don't think we ever sat down in the early days and said "hey lets be a band that wears make up". I think it was just natural for us. We grew up loving stuff like Alice Cooper, Kiss, The Misfits, and the more theatrical stuff. I always loved rock stars. I loved David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, and these people that were larger than life and iconic. I think that is what we always wanted to do.” PeopleThinkingSaidWantedStarsStuffNaturalRocksGrewBandKissingGrew UpHeySatRock StarTheatricalIconicMercuryMisfitsBowieLarger Than Life Author:Andy Biersack
“As a label I don't care about piracy. I want the music that we [my band] love to be heard by as many people as possible. The more people like the music we put out, the better the label and artists will do. If anyone genuinely likes what we do they will find us, buy our vinyl or come to see the artists play live.” PeopleIfsWantPlayCareArtistHeardBandDon't CareLikesLabelsI Don't CareVinylPiracy Author:Justin Broadrick
“I played in a death-metal band. People either loved us or hated us. Or they thought we were OK.” PeopleHumorFunnyBandHatedMetalsMetal BandDeath Metal Author:Mitch Hedberg
“What I really love is touring on a bus with my band playing shows every night and feeling the audience, feeling the presence of people actually listening to my music. Feeding my soul is what touring feels like for me and I absolutely refuse to have a bad time doing something I really, really love.” PeopleFeelsSoulShowsFeelingsNightLove IsAudienceListeningBandRefuseMy SoulBusEvery NightFeedingTouringBad Times Author:Christina Perri
“I don't love playing new songs in a festival environment. Because when it comes to a festival a lot of people probably won't know your band really well at all so playing more familiar songs is a little more conducive in having a better show.” PeopleKnowsWellsLittlesShowsSongEnvironmentBandFamiliarFestivalsNew Songs Author:Jack Barakat
“I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band.” PeopleNiceBandReally NiceYamaha Author:Levon Helm
“If it's just a pastime, keep doing it because it's relaxing and to blow off some steam. But if you're not sure if you want to do it, or you're thinking you can be famous, you shouldn't do it because you want to be famous. You have to do it because you love it and you want to play for people. And if that's what you want to do, then do it, but you can't go into it with that mindset of "we'll be in a band and we'll be famous."” PeopleIfsThinkingWantPlayBandBlowMindsetWhat You WantNot SureSteamPastime Author:Joan Jett
“I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.” PeopleSelfSchoolGuyTeacherGroupsTaughtBandHigh SchoolProducersJailGraduatesSelf Taught Author:Billy Joel
“People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.” PeopleThinkingMonthsBandSixBarsPianoSix Months Author:Billy Joel
“I started just concentrating on songwriting when I was abut 20; I'd been in rock bands six or seven years, kinda got that out of my system, I said, "ok, you ain't gonna be a rock star, you don't look like a rock star, it probably ain't gonna happen. So what you should do is write songs and maybe other people will do your songs."” PeopleShouldWritingYearsLooksSaidHappensSongStarsRocksBandSixSevenSongwritingSeven YearsRock StarConcentratingRock Bands Author:Billy Joel
“When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for seven years with the same people, suddenly they'll do something you didn't even think they were capable of.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsKindStyleBandCapableSevenSeven Years Author:Elvis Costello
“People are wrong when they say that everything should be more diverse, even, say, rock bands. It's an error, an overgeneralization.” PeopleShouldRocksBandErrorsDiverseRock Bands Author:Jonathan Haidt
“There is a new philosophy for weapons: it's more expensive to hurt people than to kill people. It's terrible. When you have a band of guys on the battlefield, if someone is dead, he's dead. If someone is injured then they have to take care of him, so six people are busy.” PeopleIfsPhilosophyCareGuyHurtTerribleBandSixWeaponsBusyTake CareExpensiveInjuredBattlefields Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“I don't know if it's true that most people don't know this, but the reason that I play music is because of my favourite band of all time - AC/DC.” PeopleIfsKnowsReasonPlayBandMusic IsAll TimeFavourite Author:Jeremy Fisher
“I think that people like getting their money's worth, so it's cool to have a load of bands in a similar genre.” PeopleThinkingBandGenreLoad Author:Tim Lambesis
“I used to download a lot of music, and I understand it in this economy, but personally I buy my music. It feels good to be able to support a band you like. Plus, it'd be really hypocritical if I were still doing that, since I really hope people are buying and experiencing my music.” PeopleIfsFeelsStillsAbleUsedSupportEconomyBandFeel GoodBuyingPlusHypocriticalDownloads Author:Max Bemis
“The tools are evolving, and people's interests are evolving as well. So, suddenly people like to hear bands, people like Devendra Banhart or the xx, bands that make a kind of virtue of sloppiness. That isn't what they would describe what they're doing, but the fact is they make a virtue of the sort of hand-made nature of what they're doing.” PeopleWellsKindMadeFactsHandsInterestVirtueBandToolsEvolveSloppiness Author:Brian Eno
“Many people in the neighborhood liked hip-hop and house music, and I couldn't play that. You can't perform that on guitar or drums, which was what I was playing, at the time. But, I got so much from mariachi bands that were constantly playing in the neighborhood.” PeoplePlayHouseBandGuitarHip HopHipsHopsNeighborhoodHouse Music Author:Jimmy Page
“People want you to produce records. They don't care what it took to make it. When a band is out doing concerts, the fans don't want to know about equipment difficulties. They want their hour-and-a-half release, and that's it.” PeopleKnowsWantCareHoursHalfRecordsFansProduceBandDifficultyDon't CareReleaseConcertsEquipment Author:Slash
“I think people probably lie about not reading their own reviews. I don't think that's true - I've been to a lot of music festivals and hung out backstage, especially in the past couple of years, and I see all these bands reading about themselves in newspapers. So I don't think that's true.” PeopleThinkingYearsPastLyingReadingCoupleBandNewspapersReviewsHungFestivalsMusic Festival Author:Lily Allen
“I haven't had that many people onstage for a while, and I'm looking forward to that. They're all such creative musicians in their own right. They're all complete individuals. They're not just a pick-up band. They all have their own thing going on.” PeopleIndividualCreativeHavensBandMusicianPicksLooking Forward Author:Andrew Bird
“If you're in a band or think of yourself as a slightly creative person, you can get quite self-indulgent, so sometimes it's nice to have those people who bring you down to earth, but in a pleasant way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayPersonsSelfSometimesEarthCreativeNiceBandPleasantThink Of YouDown To EarthCreative PersonSelf Indulgent Author:Jarvis Cocker
“I've had nightmares about having to kick people out of my band because they've said that they don't like the Beatles. I'd wake up and turn to them and say, "You like the Beatles, right?"” PeopleSaidTurnsBandWake UpKicksNightmare Author:Danger Mouse
“I'm a big fan of London in the summertime. English people are dependent on weather to change our attitudes, and, provided it's a decent summer, everyone's spirits are uplifted and the whole place is in bloom. It's a magical transformation. London in the summer, going to see bands play outside, watching football.” PeoplePlayWholeBigsSpiritAttitudeFansFootballBandSummerTransformationLondonWeatherDecentDependentSummertimeWatching Football Author:Ed Westwick
“I'm experiencing the mood to go out and share the music. I don't look at these concerts as a platform for people to watch me, look at me. No, a tour is about an interaction. A thing, myself, a band, and the people who support what I do and enjoy what I do.” PeopleLooksEnjoyWatchesSupportShareBandMoodConcertsInteractionPlatformsLook At MeWatch Me Author:Lenny Kravitz
“With rock music, it usually revolves around the band. You go in as a band and probably take about a year to record an album. But for a hip-hop song, you can create a track and an idea with verses and choruses in a day, and get three different people on it. It seems like you're able to do more with hip-hop.” PeopleYearsIdeasDifferentSeemsAbleSongThreeRecordsRocksLike YouBandTrackHip HopAlbumsHipsHopsVersesDifferent PeoplesRock MusicChorusHip Hop Song Author:Travis Barker
“I've always loved playing in bands where there's like three or four people and we're all throwing out ideas and coming together to make an album.” PeopleIdeasTogetherThreeFourBandAlbumsThrowingComing Together Author:Travis Barker
“I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, 'I want to grow up to be just like that'. We're like a train wreck.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksGrowsGrowing UpTypeBandTrainWrecksTrain Wrecks Author:Billy Corgan
“We[ Papa Roach ]'re always trying to get bigger and bigger. It's weird because I wasn't around when they sold millions of records. Now it's just always about "OK what new people can we get to." We're trying to package up with younger bands like Bring Me the Horizon or Of Mice and Men. Those bands always get talked about, because their demographic is so young. But, actually we are seeing a lot of younger people at shows which is awesome.” PeopleMenTryingShowsYoungMillionsRecordsSeeingBandBiggerHorizonMicePackagesAlways TryingDemographicsPapaRoachesPapa Roach Author:Tony Palermo
“I prefer the band aspect of things. I feel comfortable. It feels good to look to my left and right and see three other people on stage with you that love music as much as you.” PeopleFeelsLooksThreeLeftStageBandComfortableAspectFeel GoodMusic LoveLeft And Right Author:Joe Jonas