“I was a really, really serious kid. And a really kind of controlling kid. Like I had things that, now, people would say are like - there's a name for many disorders as we know - but I would say, "If I pick this rubber band, then this will happen." It was that kind of want to control things, which I think all kids have to some extent.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantKindHappensKidsNamesSeriousBandPicksDisorderRubberRubber Bands Author:Carla Gugino
“When I was a kid growing up in Kentucky, on lucky summer nights, my cousin would pick me up in his Chevy Super Sport and drive me down along the Ohio River to Cincinnati to hear some rock 'n' roll. Those were exciting times, and the bands would play late into the night, rocking soaked in sweat. When I hear the Ready Stance, these memories come back to me and I remember that Cincinnati has produced so many wonderful musicians. The Ready Stance is among that number. You will be hearing a lot about them in the future.” PlayKidsRememberNightSportsMemoriesNumbersGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulRocksReadyLuckyBandLateSummerMusicianPicksRiversExcitingHearingSweatRock N RollCousinOhioStanceKentuckyMy CousinKids Growing UpSummer NightsPick MePick Me UpCome Back To MeChevy Author:Chris Frantz
“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
“I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, well, neither do I. I mean, I can carry a tune, but anyone who picks up a bass can figure it out. You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything- You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it.” WantWellsMeanI CanGirlMagicTalentFiguresBandPicksGet BetterTunesBassUnicornTell A Girl Author:Kathleen Hanna
“One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.” SituationListeningBandMusicianPicksInstinctMiles Author:Branford Marsalis
“One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.” WayAsksPlayerInformationBandPicksGreat ThingsGood Information Author:Bill Bruford
“I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn't. And clearly the ones who wrote music were more superior human beings in his mind. So he kind of nudged me and sort of prodded me into it. I picked it up slowly. Then I learned more about chords and harmony and I just kept adding to that. One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.” WayWritingMindHumansKindTwoRememberAsksHuman BeingsPlayerInformationBandMusicianPicksHarmonySuperiorsGreat ThingsChordsGood Information Author:Bill Bruford
“I would never talk to a girl in a bar, like a pick-up thing. But I could talk to anyone if they wore a t-shirt of a band I like.” IfsGirlBandPicksBarsShirtsT Shirt Author:Craig Finn
“I have some idea that if I pick on [boy band] One Direction, I'll get a ton of hate mail, because I know that when you're 15, you love a band like you will kill people. But I don't quite realize that that's true about people - adults - who read The Hunger Games.” PeopleIfsKnowsIdeasHateGamesRealizingBoysLike YouBandPicksAdultsHungerMailOne DirectionBoy BandsHate Mail Author:Joel Stein
“If a band isn't coming up with two to four of those when they pick up their instruments, then they have problems - even if none of them turn into a song. If that's not happening in a band, it's time for therapy or breaking up.” IfsTwoProblemSongTurnsFourBandHappeningsPicksInstrumentsTherapy Author:Travis Morrison
“We're not the kind of band who writes an order abundance of songs and picks from them, we usually write for the album.” WritingKindSongOrderBandPicksAlbumsAbundance Author:John Petrucci
“I go by the "Miles Davis school of production and band-leading", where you pick the best musicians you can, you provide them with a minimum of direction, and you just let the music happen. I've seen it work time and time again.” HappensSchoolBandMusicianPicksProductionsMilesMinimum Author:Jose James