“My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band had another blacksmith shop in Abbott, but he liked me. All he had was horns and drums, and I was set up over there with my little guitar with no amps or nothing. I would play as loud as I wanted to, and nobody could hear me.” MenFirstsLittlesPlayWantedJobsBandGuitarLoudShopsOld ManHornsBohemianPolkaBlacksmiths Author:Willie Nelson
“In romantic comedies there's a certain ceiling and a floor that you can't necessarily love as hard, or hate as hard, or have as much pain, because you sink the shop of the romantic comedy. But in a certain drama, like some of the ones I've been doing, the ceiling and the floor was my own. And in many ways, that was a higher ceiling and a lower floor, so that was more of a band-with for those emotions.” WayHardPainCertainHateMy OwnEmotionComedyHigherDramaBandShopsCeilings Author:Matthew McConaughey
“On the good ship Lollipop Its a sweet trip To the candy shop Where bon-bon's play, On the sunny beach Of peppermint bay Lemonade stands, Everywhere Crackerjack bands, Fill the air, And there you are, Happy landings on a chocolate bar. See the sugar bowl Do a tootsie roll In a big bad devils food cake, If you eat too much, Oh, oh, You'll awake, With a tummy ache.” IfsPlayBigsToo MuchAirSweetBandDevilBarsShipsBeachAwakeShopsChocolateCakeSugarBowlsCandyAcheSunnyLandingLemonadeLollipopChocolate BarsPeppermint Author:Shirley Temple
“I think bands will actually make more money without record companies; a much bigger share of the money will go to the bands. You won't have record shops taking 40 percent of the money. You won't have record labels taking 40 percent of the money. So they don't have to sell as many albums as they used to in the past. So it's not necessarily a bad thing if record companies disappear.” IfsThinkingPastUsedCompanyRecordsShareBandPercentBiggerSellsAlbumsDisappearLabelsShopsBad ThingsMore MoneyRecord CompaniesRecord Labels Author:Richard Branson
“Folks call me Ellis. I run an auto shop with a couple of my buddies. We're also in a band. I play bass.” PlayRunningCoupleBandFolksShopsCall MeBuddyBass Author:Ellis
“A lot of bands have intense names, like "Rigor Mortis" or "Mortuary". We weren't that intense, we called ourselves "Injured". Later on we changed it to "Acapella" when we were walking out of the pawn shop.” HumorFunnyNamesChangedWalkingBandIntenseShopsInjuredPawnsRigorWalking OutRigor MortisMortuaryPawn Shops Author:Mitch Hedberg
“The thing about bands is everybody wants to be the next Oasis, and that doesn't mean slogging it out around the toilet [gigs], it means, "Give me the check, I need to go to the Levis shop and I need a 1960s Gibson."” WantNeedsGivingMeanNextBandGive MeChecksShopsToilets1960sGigsOasis Author:Noel Gallagher
“I started performing at home as a kid putting on shows and lip-syncing Michael Jackson for the grown-ups. Then, in musicals and plays in school. At 17, I was performing in coffee shops and in parking lots at Phish shows. At 18, I had a band that played local shows in the Northwest.” PlayShowsHomeKidsSchoolBandLipsCoffeeLocalsPerformingShopsParkingParking LotCoffee ShopPhish Author:Matisyahu
“Contrary to popular belief, we (millennials) can't be won back with hipper worship bands, fancy coffee shops, or pastors who wear skinny jeans.” BeliefBandWorshipContraryCoffeeFancyShopsPastorJeansSkinnyMillennialsCoffee ShopContrary To Popular BeliefSkinny Jeans Book:Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church Source: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
“My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more jazz on the radio, and began looking for records. My paper route money, and later, money I earned working after school in a print shop and a butcher shop went toward buying jazz records. I taught myself the alto saxophone and the drums in order to play in my high school dance band.” EndsPlaySchoolOrderFoundRecordsTeacherChildhoodTaughtBandPaperHigh SchoolJazzWestRadioBuyingShopsPrintAlsRoutesButchersSaxophoneArmstrongAfter SchoolMusic TeacherWest EndJazz Records Author:Bill Crow