“I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start a band, do an album, quit music, then do a gallery show. Eventually I decided to give writing a serious shot.” GivingWritingBookShowsUsedPaintingSeriousBandShotsDecidedAlbumsQuittingMy TimeAbandonSplitsGalleryWriting Music Author:Isaac Marion
“This band is metal in that we have a lot of metal in our instruments, and there's quite a lot of metal on my belt buckle as well.” WellsBandInstrumentsQuittingMetalsBeltsBucklesMcrBelt Buckles Author:Mikey Way
“My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted to play different music. He wanted to sing about peace. He believed in these things.” DifferentPlayWantedJobsDadBandMajorsMy DadQuittingSteadyDifferent Music Author:Elvis Costello
“Our band is different in the sense that we all are involved with a lot of different projects. It's hard to say when we'll record again, but we're not calling it quits right away.” DifferentHardRecordsInvolvedCallingBandProjectsQuitting Author:Conor Oberst
“I was the one that allegedly "quit and joined my old band." That wasn't true. But it was said so matter-of-factly on the Internet that the guys weren't really sure what I was up to.” SaidMatterGuyInternetBandQuitting Author:Slash
“When that band started out, I was 18 years old. So that was my reality all the way up until I quit the band. And even then, you know, Guns N' Roses has a nasty way of sticking around.” KnowsWayYearsRealityBandGunRoseQuittingNastyI QuitGuns N Roses Author:Slash
“It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful...To say, 'I didn't quit the band' is just not true. It's disingenuous.” HardBandQuittingUngratefulDisrespectfulDisingenuous Author:Mark Hoppus
“When you're in a band with three writers, three great writers, you only get one third of the writer thing. So that's the whole reason that I did a solo career. And that's, you know, when I told Fleetwood Mac I was going to do that, they were of course terrified that I would do that record and then that I would quit.” KnowsReasonWholeThreeCoursesCareersRecordsBandThirdsQuittingTerrifiedSoloMacsGreat WritersFleetwood Mac Author:Stevie Nicks
“My style is so tightly tied in with our songs that I don't think you could even ask me to quit Radiohead and play guitar for another band. I don't think I could do it. It would probably reveal me to be the bluffer that I believe I am. That's how it feels. I wouldn't have the confidence to do anything but this.” ThinkingFeelsBelievePlaySongAsksI BelieveStyleBandGuitarQuittingAsk MeTiedRadiohead Author:Jonny Greenwood
“Hey, maybe instead of going to college, you should drop out and I could quit my job and we can form an all-girl band with Lane, you know, like Bananarama. We could call it Tangerinarama or Banana-fana-fo-fana-rama...or something.” KnowsShouldJobsFormGirlCollegeBandQuittingHeyRamaLanesBananasGoing To College Author:Daniel Palladino
“Shannon and all of us started the band so it just felt really natural, and then she quit, and then she came back, and then she quit again. I love working with her and would do it again, but that's just not in the cards. And Josh is a great person to play with - he can play any instrument. He's really inspiring and positive. It was great. It was meant to be temporary.” PersonsPlayFeltNaturalBandInstrumentsQuittingCardsTemporaryMeant To BeWere Meant To BeJoshGreat PersonShannonReally Inspiring Author:Theresa Wayman
“People should quit their jobs, move to Oklahoma, move in with 34 people, pay $100 a month in rent and start a band or start painting. That way you'll feel like you have a purpose if you lose your mind, and you'll have some fun on the way.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMindJobsMovingPurposeFunLosesPayPaintingLike YouMonthsBandQuittingOklahoma Author:Josh Jones
“The only way the band could make any money was by going on tour. But going on tour meant we had to get time off from our jobs, and we couldn't get enough time off to make enough money from touring to survive, so the only way to try was to quit our jobs. None of us had a job that was so wonderful that we were just dying to keep it.” WayTryingEnoughJobsWonderfulDyingBandQuittingTouringEnough TimeTime Off Author:Greg Saunier
“In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very punk inspired. Then I started to get into indie-rock and older music and decided I wanted to write my own stuff. I quit the band. Around 16 or 17, I started recording myself at home on keyboard and piano.” WritingHomeRunningWantedSchoolStuffMy OwnRocksStageBandHigh SchoolDecidedInspiredQuittingPianoPunkKeyboardsI QuitIndie Rock Author:Angel Olsen
“Once I got to an age where I was old enough to make my own decisions, I quit everything and did what I actually wanted to do, which was start a band.” EnoughAgeWantedMy OwnDecisionBandQuittingI Quit Author:Taylor Momsen