Quotes About Band

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

I've always wanted to pull off 'No One is to Blame' by Howard Jones. I've done that a couple times in solo shows, but I can't figure out how to do that with a full band and make it work.

When I first went from a band situation to a solo situation, it was quite an adjustment to make. But after having done it for a number of years, it really feels good out there.

When I formed the band and created the Wildabouts with my friends, we decided we wanted to make a band-sounding album, a rock-sounding album. I made two solo albums before that were more experimental albums, and I think that they didn't really resonate with my fan base because they were too out-there, too artsy.

Certainly, whatever I learn while I'm out solo, I bring back to Fleetwood Mac.

There were certain things I couldn't do with New Order without upsetting the rest of the band, so I started to write some solo stuff.

I often think about starting a band again, doing my solo stuff and a band. I grew up in bands.

I wouldn't want to do a solo project.

One of the beauties about going solo was being able to start from scratch and say, 'What do I really want? What kind of band do I really want? What kind of live show do I really want to stage?' Without any of the baggage of being something with history.

Most singers begin with a band and then go solo. I started making music on my own and subsequently chose to carry on as part of a band.

When I'm not doing solo shows, I'm performing with my cowboy band Los Pacaminos - we play the kind of music you'd hear in Tarantino films.

I think the Journey guys wanted to be back in Journey and I wanted to be back solo.

I thought I could make a solo album, then go back to the band. But 'No Parlez' was the end of me and Q-Tips.

I realized I didn't want to make another solo record and I would be happier doing something that had more of a gang feel to it, more of a band thing.

It was never going to be easy transitioning from a band to being a solo artist but I accepted that right from the beginning. I'm proud of my work and how I've evolved as artist.

When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a song for a movie. When I don't know where to turn musically, being in a band - Rilo Kiley or Jenny & Johnny - the collaborative nature is really exciting.

I cannot exist as a solo artist.

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.

I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians.

I never wanted to be a solo artist.

I mean, being a solo artist is very different than being a member of a band. It's absolutely different. The whole situation is very different - situations where you can't really compare, it's so very different. But I found happiness.

I'm not a solo artist. I love to collaborate.

I never wanted to be a solo artist. I always wanted to be in a band.

To put my name on a track as a solo artist was a big deal to me. There was no band to act as a buffer.