“Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.” PeopleTogetherWinningSportsTeamSpecialBandMembersElementsUniqueArmyStrongerCombinationWorking TogetherUnitsSports TeamWinning SportsBand MembersStronger Together Author:Steven Van Zandt
“A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball - there's just the team.” TeamHeroBandBaseballBaseball Team Author:Cass McCombs
“I hated school . . . I freaking hated it. The fact is that it revolved around something you didn't have access to. If you weren't on the football team, if you were in the band, you were a leper. When people say those were the best years of our lives, I want to scream.” PeopleIfsWantYearsFactsSchoolOur LivesTeamFootballBandAccessHatedScreamFootball TeamBest YearLeper Author:Trent Reznor
“There's not one way to direct a film, there are so many different ways to do it. Everything affects the way it turns out in the end. Even the smallest things. You don't want to really acknowledge that, because you want to believe that you are the only creative asset as a director. You want to believe you're the only one. But I really feel that everyone teams up and everybody really affects everything. Actually, it's the closest I will get to playing in a band.” WayWantFeelsBelieveDifferentEndsFilmTurnsCreativeTeamBandDirectorsDirectOne WayAcknowledgeDifferent WaysAssetsClosestSmallest Author:Lukas Moodysson
“Rock bands are a lot like football teams: If a guy is on drugs and messes up, get someone else who's proud to wear the uniform and be part of the team.” IfsGuyTeamRocksFootballProudDrugBandMessUniformsFootball TeamRock Bands Author:Gene Simmons
“We are diverse, big time. Sully is the main man, which makes sense as the lead man of the band. Tony and myself are quiet; I need to be begged to do these interviews. But it comes down to being a team, that is the main thing. Knowing, understanding and accepting our roles.” MenNeedsBigsUnderstandingAcceptingRolesLaughingKnowingTeamQuietBandMake SenseInterviewsDiverse Author:Robbie Merrill
“Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play bass or whatever I bring to the table - producing, songwriting, orchestrating - and I can look at the other guys and say, "He's got that, he's got this, and I have this." It's a team thing.” LooksI CanPlayGuyCan DoTeamHugeBandTablesBelieverSongwritingBassOther Guys Author:Nikki Sixx
“I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.I sponsor two soccer teams in England, one of which is called Broadley F.C. A kid wrote to me through Facebook because they started a team in honor of their friend who died of leukemia, and he played in the band of this very obscure team in England.” YearsLittlesTwoKidsTeamHonorBandEnglandDiedSoccerLeagueParksObscureSlopesSponsorsLittle LeagueLeukemiaSoccer Team Author:Adam Richman
“Practice. Listen. Use you ears. And as Rob [Halford] said, that team effort. You can learn your instrument in your room, but being in a band is more than playing your instrument.” SaidUseRoomsEffortPracticeTeamBandEarsInstrumentsYour RoomTeam Effort Author:Richie Faulkner
“There's some bittersweet feelings about leaving the people here [in the White House]. 'Cause even though all the team you assemble, you know, you're going to stay in touch with 'em, it's not the same, you know? The band kind of breaks up.” PeopleKnowsKindFeelingsHouseCausesWhiteBreakTeamBandLeavingEmsWhite HouseBittersweet Author:Barack Obama
“I don't support hate speech. I don't want to support a racist football team or bands that are offensive.” WantHateSupportTeamFootballBandSpeechRacistOffensiveFootball TeamHate Speech Author:Simon Tam