“There are kids out there that are into Iron Maiden and others who are strictly into industrial music, but they come for the same reason; they all like us and they different things out of the band's music.” DifferentReasonKidsBandDifferent ThingsIronMaidensIron Maiden Author:Scott Putesky
“I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsReasonHateTermBrainRocksStupidEmotionalBandHonestlyGenrePunkRobotsCommonplacePunk RockRock BandsRetardedGenericEmoGenres Of Music Author:Guy Picciotto
“The only reason you even start a band is so you can hang out with your friends all the time, but somewhere along the line, it just ends up becoming a job. You were doing it because you were like, 'I never want to have to get a job,' then all of a sudden it becomes the biggest job you could ever imagine.” WantEndsReasonJobsLinesImagineBecomingBandHanging Out Author:Pete Wentz
“My curiosity was in no way cruel. Deviations from the commonplace attracted me strongly, as they still do; and to me the hermaphrodite and the living skeleton were interesting for the same reason as was Creatore, or the resplendent Guardsmen of the bands - because such people did not often come my way, and I hoped that they might impart some great revelation to me, some insight which would help me to a clearer understanding of the world about me.” PeopleWorldWayStillsReasonHelpingMightUnderstandingInterestingBandCuriosityInsightMy WayRevelationsHelp MeCommonplaceImpartSkeletonsDeviationHermaphrodites Author:Robertson Davies
“Instead of taking the 'I'm cool, I hope you adore me' path (with my music), I chose the path of how to connect. I think that's the reason a lot of people feel a deeper connection with our band than other bands, and I also feel that's why people polarize on us. If you don't get it, it seems preposterous; if you do get it, it's really heavy - it has a weight to it.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsReasonSeemsPathBandConnectionsWeightHeavyDeeperAdore Author:Billy Corgan
“Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.” PeopleReasonThreeSimpleRichRocksFameBandRock And RollGet RichGetting Laid Author:Bob Geldof
“I'm hungry for purpose. I'm looking for still that reason that I bought a guitar and started a band, to fulfill a purpose, to manifest destiny as to who I am and why I am the way I am, and what I do. I think it's still about the music, the song and the story.” ThinkingWayStillsReasonStoriesPurposeSongDestinyBandGuitarHungryWho I AmManifestManifest DestinyI Am The Way I Am Author:Billy Ray Cyrus
“In 1989 I sort of got back into the music business and one of the reasons I got back in is [that] I put the first All Stars band together. It's actually progressed from that every other year, or every two years, I've put that together...more and more realizing that's what I do.” YearsFirstsTwoReasonTogetherStarsRealizingBandTwo YearsMusic BusinessAll Stars Author:Ringo Starr
“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
“Even though there's reasons to try things that may or may not work, it's still a real intimate way to finish the song with everybody right there in the band just locked in.” WayTryingMayStillsRealReasonSongBandIntimateWorking ItLocked Author:Stevie Ray Vaughan
“I do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The guitar is serving the song I'm writing. But I'm learning how to play keyboard better now so that'll start serving the song as well; it'll be another flavor. I'm not going to switch it up with big, fat drum machine beats and real swoopy synths, but yeah...” KnowsWritingWellsRealReasonPlayBigsSongKnow HowBandBeatsMachinesYeahInstrumentsGuitarFatsServingFlavorKeyboardsBetter Now Author:Mac DeMarco
“I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I'm proud of all of them for one reason or another.” ReasonKidsCertainSongPlayerAmountProudBandPianoSongwriting Author:Billy Joel
“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
“The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band.” ThinkingReasonPlaySongHonorBandOld Song Author:Billy Corgan
“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
“Touring is exciting, fun and the reason why you want to be in a band.” WantReasonFunBandExcitingReason WhyTouring Author:Joe Casey
“My all time favorite band is Paramore and she's basically one of the reasons I was inspired... umm, well Hayley Williams from Paramore was one of the basic reasons I wanted to go rock. I saw the band live and they're great together and they write incredible music and also I like a lot of older bands. I like Motley Crue a lot and who else, I've got a lot of favorite bands but those are pretty much the main ones.” WritingWellsReasonWantedTogetherSawsRocksBandInspiredIncrediblesAll TimeFavorite BandsAll Time FavoriteMotley Crue Author:Demi Lovato
“We've been pretty lucky we've played with Feeder, Hundred Reasons and Puddle of Mud, but I think the one we're most proud of is playing with The Deftones because when we were kids they were everyone's favourite band. I think all our mates were pretty envious.” ThinkingReasonKidsProudLuckyBandHundredMatesFavouriteMudEnviousPuddles Author:Dave McPherson
“I have seen so many bands and musicians fade away, especially the ones in my early days that treated me and my bands with contempt for no other reason than that they were headlining the show, not all though, with great exceptions such as Slade and Vinegar Joe.” ReasonShowsBandMusicianTreatedExceptionContemptFadesFade AwayVinegar Author:Bernie Marsden
“We've done every record on our own. Its produced by our guitar player and sometimes we'll have some help mixin' it and have some outside engineers but for the most part, it's done by the band and I think that's the reason why CKY sounds like no other band, 'cause we make our own albums.” ThinkingSometimesReasonDoneHelpingCausesSoundRecordsPlayerBandGuitarAlbumsReason WhyEngineersGuitar Player Author:Jess Margera
“I'm really fascinated by how the mob ethos permeates places like Las Vegas and Chicago. I have the book set in Las Vegas and Chicago for pretty specific reasons, some of which are that in both cases the mob history has become a tourist attraction - I'm actually doing a book signing in Las Vegas at The Mob Museum, which I am positively giddy about! - and I find that especially unusual. If you don't call these people "the Mafia" they're just a band of psychopaths killing people for profoundly dumb reasons.” PeopleIfsBookReasonCasesBandKillingAttractionDumbMuseumsChicagoUnusualFascinatedPositivelyMafiaVegasLas VegasTouristsSigningPsychopathEthosGiddy Author:Tod Goldberg
“The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and with very good reason.” ReasonFoundBandVery GoodTouringPointless Author:Robbie Robertson
“The three of us [me, Mike Dean, Woody Weatherman] all learned how to play our instruments together. We had a common interest in bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Bands who had different time signatures etc and for whatever reason, we morphed into Corrosion of Conformity. It's been about thirty years now.” YearsDifferentReasonPlayTogetherThreeBlackInterestCommonBandInstrumentsThirtyEtcConformityPurpleMikeThirty YearsDeanSignaturesSabbathWoodyDifferent TimesCommon InterestsBlack SabbathWeathermenDeep Purple Author:Reed Mullin
“I had a little indie label called No Core and Dave Grohl's first band was called, Dain Bramage so I out an album for them and for whatever reason, he's never forgot it and has always been super nice to me since.” FirstsLittlesReasonNiceBandAlbumsCoreLabelsDave Author:Reed Mullin
“I feel like now if you're going to start a band you have to have an Instagram full of yourself looking a certain way, lined up like five dudes in mugshot alley, hanging out by the bridge or up against the wall, or "We're in a library for some reason!"” IfsWayFeelsReasonCertainFiveWallBandLibraryBridgesHanging OutInstagramAlleysFull Of Yourself Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I started playing bass in my friend's band for some reason. It was just something I did because, well, he asked me if I wanted to play bass and he played me this song - Nirvana's version of "Molly's Lips", the Vaselines song - and he said, "You can do this! This is not hard!" and it's like a two-note song. I learned that and then I thought I was a genius.” IfsWellsSaidTwoHardReasonPlayWantedSongCan DoGeniusBandMy FriendsNotesLipsVersionsBassPlaying BassVaseline Author:Jens Lekman
“I keep telling Ron Lorman and them in the control room, "It's my band! The reason I have a band is because I can't stand for somebody to tell me what to do."” I CanReasonRoomsBandBecause I Can Author:Miles Davis
“I don't get a lot of big offers. Never have in my career. For some reason, record labels don't call me, famous bands don't call me, only kids in rock bands. I don't know why, and I don't worry about it. I would worry about it if I wasn't working, if I was unemployed.” IfsKnowsReasonBigsKidsCareersWorryRecordsRocksOffersBandLabelsCall MeUnemployedRock BandsRecord Labels Author:Gordon Raphael