Quotes About Music

I played in ska bands and like all kinds of music.

I started playing guitar when I was 12 and probably from that age knew that I wanted to make music and make my own music. Playing with other bands like the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens was more like an apprenticeship for me than anything.

I went to college in Iowa for a little bit and tried to get some bands together there. That was about a year of my life.

I'm a big Black Crowes guy. I think they are one of America's greatest rock & roll bands ever.

I've played drums in bands since I was 16.

I love marching bands.

No, I'm sure that there's a lot of L.A. bands out there.

I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.

I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.

It takes 300 years, it seems, for the great bands to get their due.

People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

But I love singing, and I've been singing backup for friends' bands.

I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.

It's not very often that I like new bands.

If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it would definitely be The Beatles.

I love what I do and the music I make and the bands I've done, especially Fall Out Boy. I also love what I love, and I don't care if other people like it.

Australia is so entrenched in rock n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.

I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.

People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.

I've always been a huge Butthole Surfers fan. The first time I saw them was in the early '80s when all they had out was their first EP. I thought they were amazing. They've always been a huge influence and one of my all-time favorite bands.

I know I'd feel emotional if one of my favorite bands was going out.

When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be a market for good pop bands.