“At least here in Stockholm if you go out to any of our 4 metal clubs and talk to ten guys you can be sure nine of them play in a band! The bad thing is there is no underground movement here anymore. Going to a show with local band's ten years ago would mean at least 300 people, now you can be lucky if 50 shows up!” PeopleIfsYearsMeanPlayShowsGuyMovementLuckyBandTenYears AgoClubsNineLocalsBad ThingsMetalsStockholm Author:Johan Hegg
“I'd always had an interest in guitar from about seven years old. But I first actually had lessons when I was about fifteen in Scotland, in Edinburgh. There was a folk club there and a girl called Jill Doyle taught me the guitar, who happened to be Davey Graham's sister. Davey Graham is one of my heroes and always has been. Fantastic guitar player. And he's had a strong influence on me all the way through.” WayYearsFirstsHas BeensGirlStrongInterestPlayerHappenedInfluenceTaughtHeroLessonsSevenGuitarFolksClubsFantasticFifteenScotlandSeven YearsMy HeroGuitar PlayerEdinburgh Author:Bert Jansch
“I think the Sierra Club is the environmental group that has the best chance of really accomplishing things. It's well known, and it actually gets down to doing the dirty work of protecting the environment.” ThinkingWellsChanceKnownEnvironmentGroupsEnvironmentalClubsDirtyWell KnownSierraDirty Work Author:Tom Scholz
“Ginny's Little Longhorn is my favorite place to play and hang because it's close to old school beer joint music venue as you'll ever find. The Continental Club is also in the top as well.” WellsLittlesPlaySchoolMy FavoriteClubsBeerJointsOld SchoolVenuesContinentalFavorite Places Author:Dale Watson
“When I received the invitation to "check out" Fairport I knew absolutely nothing about them, all I knew was that they were beginning to establish themselves as an underground favorite, by playing regularly at the UFO club in Covent Garden. But the crowd I was running with at the time were listening to a completely different genre of music. So I had nothing to go on, there was nothing on vinyl, Fairport's recording days were still ahead of them.” StillsDifferentRunningListeningGoes OnGardenCrowdsClubsChecksGenreInvitationsUfoAbsolutely NothingVinylDifferent GenresGenres Of MusicCovent GardenDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Iain Matthews
“There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club.” One DayClubsParis Author:Shirley Horn
“Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.” ShowsPartyToo MuchRocksClubsBus Author:Matt Berninger
“I liked playing in small clubs. I really liked holding the attention of thirty or forty people. I never liked the roar of the big crowd.” PeopleBigsAttentionCrowdsClubsThirtyForty Author:Joni Mitchell
“There was a loophole in the law that said if I was working, I could be in the clubs as long as I didn't drink alcohol and had someone with me.” IfsLongSaidLawDrinkClubsAlcoholLoopholes Author:TyDi
“For a while I was a completely unknown artist with no fan base and no draw in the clubs. The only people that would give me a shot were the gay clubs. Gay clubs were so open to me coming in and trying things out.” PeopleGivingTryingArtistFansGayDrawsShotsGive MeClubs Author:Kiesza
“People say what distinguishes us from the animals is that we think. Well, then why the hell don't we extend some compassion to those under tremendous duress? There's this whole idea that you work really hard so you can deaden your soul to the universe and enjoy yourself only in ways the Sierra Club will let you. But what about enjoying yourself by getting into the whole melee of poverty and racism and violence and murder and drug addiction? Get in there, roll up your sleeves, and do something! Nobody does it.” PeopleThinkingWayWellsDoeIdeasSoulHardWholeUniverseEnjoyAnimalCompassionPovertyHellViolenceDrugRacismMurderAddictionClubsYour SoulSleevesDrug AddictionDrug AddictSierraEnjoy YourselfDuress Author:Jimmy Santiago Baca
“People always have these debates about who their favourite rapper is. And I think it's based upon what mood that particular person is in. If someone's favourite rapper is a lyricist then they're focused on rhymes or substance. If someone's favourite rapper is a party rapper, you know, someone who makes music about the clubs... "Oh, he's my favourite rapper". No, his subject matter is your favourite.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsPersonsMatterPartySubjectsParticularClubsFocusedDebateMoodSubstanceRapperFavouriteRhymeSubject MatterLyricists Author:Immortal Technique
“Both my parents were a tremendous influence on me. My father's influence came from - he decided well, probably before we were born that as he put it, 'I'm not going to have any kids who are country club bums.'” WellsCountryKidsFatherParentBornInfluenceDecidedClubsCountry Clubs Author:Charles Koch
“When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me. I thought, "Half of this is workin'. I'm famous, but now I need to be famous with some money." That got my brain started at trying to figure out the business end. And once I figured out the business side, I next came to understand that success really comes down to the product, not to me, my personality, or what club I'm seen going into or coming out of. None of that matters.” NeedsTryingEndsMatterNextSidesBrainHalfFiguresProductsPersonalityPaidClubsComing OutShowbiz Author:Ice Cube
“I was looking for inspiration. I found it in California. The weather was always great, and the majority of San Diego seemed to be youth-and if you weren't 21 and couldn't get into the clubs, you'd go to a coffeehouse and hang out.” IfsInspirationFoundYouthMajorityClubsWeatherCaliforniaHanging OutSan DiegoLooking For Inspiration Author:Jason Mraz
“I would never have been discovered without the X Factor. I was just doing the working men's clubs and I loved doing that. That was the life for me at that time. I never expected to be noticed doing that, that's why I went for X Factor by myself.” MenHas BeensClubsExpectedFactorsWorking Man Author:Shayne Ward
“I used to go and do some sitting in with Robert Nighthawk when he were playing at the 708 Club in Chicago. He was a tremendous slideman. I never saw him do anything other than play the slide. I never just saw him just use his hand. He always used a slide. He had a little-bitty drummer we called "Shorty". He was about that high [hand gesture]. And he was his drummer. That's all he had was a slide guitar and a drummer.” LittlesPlayUseHandsUsedSawsSittingGuitarClubsChicagoGesturesSlidesDrummer Author:Junior Wells
“My father did not bother that I play not a classical music. He always congratulated me for my development in music, I mean in any music but, he hang on to continue training at the Academy of Music... however, I never mentioned to my teachers that I trained myself at weekends in clubs.” MeanPlayFatherTeacherDevelopmentTrainingClubsBotherWeekendClassical MusicAcademy Author:Richard Clayderman
“You never see Beyonce stumbling out of a club drunk and on drugs without underwear on - nor do you see Justin Timberlake pashing 5 chicks in a club. You never hear them slagging anyone in the media...They are composed and somewhat mysterious and that fascinates me!” MediaDrugClubsDrunkMysteriousChicksUnderwearStumblingJustinBeyonce Author:Ricki-Lee Coulter
“I hope my music inspires people and I want to be a good role model for everybody, not just the girls but for the guys too. I want to show everybody that I didn't grow up in the spotlight like the Mickey Mouse Club to make it. That is important for kids to know.” PeopleKnowsWantImportantShowsKidsGuyGirlGrowsRolesGrowing UpInspireModelsClubsRole ModelsMiceSpotlightMickeyGood Role Models Author:Tonya Mitchell
“I just started playing around different clubs, and I got a good reputation around New York City of having good timing, a good right foot, and I was "funky", "soulful", and all that stuff. Then I ran into this group, the Pigeons.” DifferentStuffCitiesGroupsFeetNew YorkClubsReputationRanNew York CityTimingPigeonsSoulfulFunkyGood ReputationPlaying Around Author:Carmine Appice
“I always thought I'd look corny in the type of rap video in the club with girls and all that type of stuff. I just didn't think I could really pull that off. We always think it's more fun and better just to go outside the box and to use our videos to show cool concepts.” ThinkingLooksUseShowsGirlFunStuffTypeConceptsBoxesClubsRapVideoCornyOutside The Box Author:Mac Miller
“Some boy nuh know dis, dem only come around like tourist. On the beach with a few club sodas. Bedtime stories, and pose like dem name Chuck Norris and don't know the real hardcore.” KnowsRealStoriesNamesBoysClubsBeachTouristsBedtimeChuckHardcoreSodaBedtime Stories Author:Damian Marley
“Well, the coffeehouse audiences never know what they're going to get, and all the comics are different, as opposed to when you go to a club, and they're pretty much all telling jokes with set-ups and punchlines. Coffeehouse audiences are the most forgiving: They really listen, which is the best part.” KnowsWellsDifferentAudienceJokesForgivingClubsPunchlines Author:Kathy Griffin
“Back when Jerry Seinfeld was just another comedian hanging around the clubs, I'd imitate him to amuse myself and the other comics. The club owners would say, 'What are you doing that for? Nobody knows him.'” KnowsClubsComedianOwnersNobody KnowsBack WhenJerryHanging Around Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“Some comedians tell nice jokes that you can tell to your kids. Some use bad words - they work 'blue.' If you don't want to hear a joke that's blue, you shouldn't go to a comedy club where a comedian who makes blue jokes is performing.” IfsWantUseKidsComedyNiceJokesBlueClubsComedianPerformingBad WordComedy Clubs Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“I've always said I'd rather see a club that's won 10 or 12 in a row than a club that's lost 10 or 12 in a row because they're tougher.” SaidLostClubs Author:Jack McKeon
“One of the reasons I chose to come to Liverpool was because of the mentality of the club. It's a working club and a working city. I don't know why but I feel like one of the people here. They recognise me and wish me luck but in Spain they surround you and you can't do anything. I think they're happy with me here.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsReasonWishCitiesLuckClubsSurroundMentalitySpainRecogniseLiverpool Author:Fernando Torres
“The Yardbirds came in to the Crawdaddy Club a week after the Stones finished their Sunday night residency. They had done it for almost a year, I think, and then we did it for a year. It was better when they were playing there because when they went they took half the crowd with them and it took us quite a while to build up our own following.” ThinkingYearsDoneNightHalfWeekStonesCrowdsFollowingClubsFinishedSundaySunday NightResidency Author:Eric Clapton
“Wimbledon attracted Bill Clinton to the gallery at Centre Court Tuesday at the All England Club. NBC cameras showed his head turning back and forth with each volley. Even at a tennis match, it looks like he's denying everything.” LooksEnglandCamerasBillsCourtClintonClubsTennisCentreBack And ForthGalleryTuesdayNbcWimbledonVolley Author:Argus Hamilton
“Fox News reported Thursday that Bill Clinton can't get into any of New York's better golf and country clubs. Not one member has been willing to sponsor him. So it's official, he really is America's first black president.” FirstsHas BeensCountryAmericaBlackPresidentNew YorkWillingMembersNewsBillsGolfClintonClubsOfficialsFoxesFox NewsSponsorsThursdayCountry Clubs Author:Argus Hamilton
“I expect to play golf until I am 90-even longer if anybody figures out a way to swing a club from a rocking chair.” IfsWayPlayFiguresGolfClubsChairsSwingsRocking Chairs Book:Championship golf Source: Championship golf
“There are times when a golfer is tempted to throw her clubs away and forget the whole 'humblin' business.' At other times, she wouldn't trade places with a queen-that's when the shots are long and true, and putts are dropping.” LongWholeForgetShotsTradeClubsQueensTemptedDroppingGolfers Author:Babe Didrikson Zaharias
“When it comes to female fan attention, I'm married, so obviously I avoid the places where you might get unwanted female attention - clubs and social environments, bars and public spaces.” MightSocialSpaceAttentionEnvironmentFansMarriedFemaleClubsBarsUnwantedSocial Environment Author:Simon Bird
“If people are asking me for clubbing tips, then they're in real trouble. My clubbing tip is never go to a club, because they're horrible and I hate them. I'm more of a dinner party guy.” PeopleIfsRealGuyHatePartyTroubleI HateAskingClubsDinnerHorribleDinner Party Author:Simon Bird
“We always play clubs. It's not something that I feel above. Those are my favorite shows because they're intimate, they're tight, their sweaty, they're hot. You're close to the people. Those are my favorites.” PeopleFeelsPlayShowsHotMy FavoriteClubsIntimateNightlife Author:Joan Jett
“I went to a school in Miami that seemed like a private country club. The whole cheerleader, football player, clique-y thing there was terrifying. Those people were so scary. They're the scariest kinds of people because they are idolized by their peers. They have everything, they have money, and they're just mean-spirited. It's crazy.” PeopleKindMeanCountryWholeSchoolPlayerCrazyFootballClubsScaryPeersMiamiFootball PlayerSpiritedCheerleaderCliqueMean SpiritedCountry ClubsIdolized Author:Zoe Kravitz
“It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank.” ShowsMercyClubsWeekendPranksEmcee Author:John Mulaney
“Some critics could argue that club or fun pop-y dance music isn't meaningful, when it totally is. All different types of music are meaningful depending on what people are going through in their lives at any given moment.” PeopleDifferentMomentsGivenFunTypeMusic IsCriticsClubsPopsArguingMeaningfulDance MusicDifferent Types Of Music Author:Darren Fletcher
“Sometimes I ask myself, "Should I be out in a club?" But it's about realising I don't need to be always chasing after being who I was 20 or 30 years ago.” NeedsShouldYearsSometimesAsksYears AgoClubsRealisingShould IChasing Author:Marc Almond
“There's an aesthetic theme, which is cities at two o'clock in the morning. Not cities packed with people going out to clubs and dancing but desolate, empty streets. It's off-putting but there's a strange comfort to it as well, that desolate urban environment.” PeopleWellsTwoCitiesMorningEnvironmentStreetsStrangeComfortEmptyDancingClubsClockThemeAestheticGoing OutUrbanDesolateEmpty StreetsUrban Environment Author:Moby
“When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous.” ArtistCitiesGrowing UpGrowingLandRocksDangerousNew YorkMusicianClubsHotelNew York CityPunkPunk RockVelvetReedsChelseaVelvet UndergroundCbgb Author:Moby
“Here was long period on my life when I was very disappointed by the fact I wasn't gay. Because I grew up going to gay clubs, living in New York and LA, both very gay cities.” LongFactsCitiesNew YorkGrewPeriodsGayGrew UpClubsDisappointed Author:Moby
“At eighty-one, health club-lusting is as close as I'll ever come to getting laid again.” ClubsLustEightyGetting Laid Author:Patricia McConnell
“I quickly decided my zombies weren't really zombies. It was instead something you called people who were on this club drug, who then exhibited aggressive behaviors. And then like everyone who writes about zombies, I found it was so much fun.” PeopleWritingFoundFunDrugBehaviorDecidedClubsAggressiveZombie Author:Jess Walter
“I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in response to the Iraq War. The first anti-Bush protest in Atlanta was the first protest that I'd ever been to, and I helped organize the school walkout when I was a junior. It was a really solidifying moment.” ThinkingFirstsWarMomentsBigsActionSchoolPoliticalStudyStudentsResponseIraqClubsProtestOrganizeJuniorsDisobedienceIraq WarCivil DisobedienceAtlantaPolitical Action Author:Cecily McMillan
“When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.” FirstsMadeStillsEnoughJobsPayWeekMusicianClubsQuittingFactoriesGood Week Author:Billy Joel
“I don't pretend to understand him, but I can enjoy him as a poet and comedian. I liked the idea of the eternal return. Sometimes I think that being on tour year after year is an eternal return; you play a certain club in Copenhagen and then ten years later you are back again, traveling the same roads year after year.” ThinkingYearsI CanIdeasSometimesPlayCertainEnjoyPoetReturnTenEternalClubsComedianBack AgainCopenhagen Author:Dean Wareham
“What you create when you're teaching fiction writing is a kind of literary salon, not a social club or a mutual admiration society, not a debating society, not a repair shop, not a fight club or a soap box. It's a place to have a conversation about a story.” WritingKindStoriesFightingSocialFictionTeachingConversationBoxesClubsShopsMutualAdmirationSoapFiction WritingSalonsMutual Admiration Author:John Dufresne
“I've always just liked writing poetry, but it's much later that I've discovered that there's this whole poetry world out there, that you almost have to be accepted into, like this little club.” WorldWritingLittlesWholeClubsAcceptedWriting Poetry Author:Victoria Chang