“I bought it [sha la la la lee] because of steve marriotts voice. I didnt realise until recently it was written by kenny lynch. I'm not at all embarrassed, great song and great band.” SongVoiceWrittenBandRealisingEmbarrassedKenny Author:Carl Palmer
“As I kid, I was always jealous of the music that my favorite bands had written - but not really of how they played. So I'd daydream about having written songs, and this way above being able to perform them.” WayKidsAbleSongWrittenBandMy FavoriteJealousDaydreamingFavorite Bands Author:Jonny Greenwood
“Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.” PeopleShouldBoysWrittenBandSingingHeightGreat HeightsBoy BandsPretty People Author:Eddie Izzard
“On the whole, it bums me out that lyrics seem to be written as afterthoughts nowadays. Not sure why this is, but hopefully things will come around again and bands will once again want to "communicate" "ideas" with their audience, and not just content themselves with providing attitude and atmosphere with clichés on top.” WantIdeasWholeSeemsAttitudeAudienceWrittenBandCommunicateHopefullyAtmosphereNot SureProviding Author:Wooden Wand
“Well, Peter Rowan and I had plans to form a band when he left Bill Monroe. I always thought it was going to be a bluegrass band, but I guess when Peter left Bill Monroe he had had enough of bluegrass. He had written some songs and of course the Beatles were a big influence back then. So, we decided to something different and it ended up being that.” WellsDifferentEnoughBigsFormSongCoursesLeftPlansWrittenInfluenceBandDecidedBillsPeterHad EnoughBluegrass Author:David Grisman
“I believe that Fairport, in all its incarnations, has almost single-handedly been responsible for and has written the book on the history of the evolution of folk-rock in the UK. Over the years Ashley Hutchings, with his Albion Bands and Richard through his solo work have carried the torch to another level.” YearsBelieveBookI BelieveLevelsWrittenRocksEvolutionBandResponsibleFolksSoloIncarnationTorchesAshley Author:Iain Matthews
“One of the nice things about being in a band is that you depend on each other for ideas, so it's not all up to me to do everything myself. There's always that fear that you'll run out of stuff. The most difficult part for me is writing lyrics, and that starts to get difficult after you've written, like, 120 songs.” WritingIdeasRunningSongStuffDifficultNiceWrittenDependsBandNice Things Author:Dean Wareham
“The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me."” MindSongRecordsWrittenBandTouring Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope for how songs should be written or how they should be played, punk will never die.” ShouldLongStillsSongDiesRecordsWrittenBandPushingPunkGarageEnvelopesPushing The Envelope Author:Milo Aukerman