“If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and a Cinematograph working brightly; then I'd go out in the back streets and main streets and bring them in, all the sick, the halt, and the maimed; I would lead them gently, and they would smile me a weary thanks; and the band would softly bubble out the 'Hallelujah Chorus'.” IfsWayBigsStreetsMilitaryBandSickThanksMy WayBubblesWearyChamberPalacesCrystalsHaltChorusHallelujahMain Street Book:The Letters of D. H. Lawrence Source: The Letters of D. H. Lawrence
“Usually bands would make a song to record for an album, but what happens with the deejays you say "Well the album is everything we need. Thanks band. You can go away now."” NeedsWellsHappensSongRecordsBandAlbumsThanksGoing AwayDeejays Author:DJ Spooky
“Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.” BecomingBandAncientSingersThanksThailandBurmaKaraokeCambodiaAncient History Author:Alan Bishop
“I got Joan Baez to talk and Alan Ginsberg and some of the guys in the band. And by the end of the piece, another emissary came and said, `Bob [Dylan] is willing to speak to you now.' And I said with great pleasure, `No, thanks. The piece is over.'” SaidEndsGuySpeakPleasurePiecesWillingBandThanksBobDylanGinsberg Author:Nat Hentoff