“My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it's recorded.” WorldEndsSongRecordsPeriodsBand Author:Ben Harper
“There's nothing that compares to being in a band with your best friends. We're so comfortable together, we understand each other. It feels, like, normal. Whereas solo period felt like I was trying to be something, and play a role, and pretend.” FeelsTryingPlayTogetherFeltRolesPeriodsBandNormalComfortableCompareSoloYour Best Friend Author:Gwen Stefani
“I've always played music and I've always been in bands and there have been periods in my life where the music has taken a much more front row seat than any acting. For a big period of time the acting work was really a way of raising money to fund my music. And then that all sort of changed around and that's fine.” WayHas BeensBigsActingTakenFrontsChangedFinePeriodsBandSeatsFundRaising Money Author:Jim Sturgess
“I really enjoy touring period! I had another band called Killing Machine, we went out on tour which was only fifteen shows & we went out in a really old motor home. That had to be the most fun. I didn't have to do radio at nine in the morning everyday. It was me & a bunch of friends. The singer was my tattoo artist. My girlfriend would fly in & we would sleep in a hammock above the bed the band were sleeping in [laughs]. I like that stuff that's really fun, I like the camping experience.” ShowsHomeArtistFunStuffEnjoySleepMorningLaughingPeriodsBedBandMachinesKillingEverydayRadioSingersNineBunchGirlfriendFifteenTattooMotorTouringMy GirlfriendCampingSleeping InHammocks Author:Tracii Guns
“You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry. This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.” PeopleKnowsWarTogetherPoliticalNationsDifferencesReligiousForgetLeaderPeriodsBandHatredCrisisAngryLocalsExplanationLatterGenocideSuspicionUnitsHostilityWhipsMassacresAntagonismTogether As OnePolitical DifferencesReligious Hatred Author:Taylor Caldwell
“We've gotten better at shooting down routine material or stuff we feel like we've done better in the past. Getting different people in the band for periods also keeps it from going stale.” PeopleFeelsDifferentDonePastStuffMaterialsPeriodsBandShootingRoutineDifferent PeoplesStale Author:Bent Saether
“I think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band like Darkthrone was stuck in the midst of a lot of change and seemed a bit redundant.” ThinkingBitsInterestingPeriodsBandStuckEvolveMidstRedundantNorwegiansInteresting Times Author:Mat McNerney
“I was going through a period where I was just trying not to write songs and was thinking maybe I wouldn't play in a band and make records anymore.” ThinkingWritingTryingPlaySongRecordsPeriodsBand Author:Tim Rutili
“I think I've always felt as a band and as a musician and a music business person, I've always felt like an outsider, period.” ThinkingPersonsFeltPeriodsBandMusicianOutsidersMusic BusinessBusiness Person Author:Amanda Palmer
“Along with some of the worst music of Bob Dylan's career ("Self-Portrait," 1970), this period produced some gems - including many songs recorded with The Band in '67 but not released until years later.” YearsSelfSongCareersWorstPeriodsBandIncludingBobPortraitsDylanGemsSelf Portrait Author:Bob Dylan
“It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band, we were able to be dragged along by the spirit of that time.” ImportantAbleSpiritPeriodsBandModelsPunk Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I actually started the whole project some years ago with a live debut at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels. The focus was mainly on my favorite period of Billie Holiday, which was the late-50s Verve recordings, with essentially a small version of the Count Basie band.” YearsWholeFocusPeriodsBandProjectsLateYears AgoMy FavoriteVersionsHolidayDebutBrussels Author:Jose James
“The Nineties was such an incredible period. There was this real sense of community and such a uniqueness to it. There were unique personalities, unique bands, unique lyrical takes. A lot of artistic expression. It was this real renaissance that was exciting to be a part of. It's hard to not look back on that period and say, "Yeah, it was crazy. But it was crazy good."” LooksRealHardCommunityCrazyExpressionPersonalityPeriodsBandUniqueExcitingYeahIncrediblesArtisticUniquenessRenaissanceLyricalArtistic ExpressionUnique Personality Author:Edward Kowalczyk
“Hearing Phil [wood] a lot, those few years especially when I was going to hear music and Tom Harrell was in the band. Man that was incredible. Hearing Tom at that period, and hearing Phil in that period, and also [Charles] McPherson. Those three guys were very impactful. Very inspiring to me at the time.” MenYearsGuyThreePeriodsBandIncrediblesWoodsHearingTomsVery Inspiring Author:Jon Gordon