Quotes About Band

To me, a sure-fire way to get in a rut is by sitting around playing by yourself for too long. You've gotta get out there and jam, man! You don't have to necessarily be in a band, all you've gotta have are a couple of buds who play too. They don't have to be guitarists either; jamming with a bassist or a drummer is cool.

I love jamming with my band because the guys inspire me every time. We all get off on each other's playing.

I was in band that played mostly covers for a while, and the bands that we would cover were, like, the alternative rock bands of that day: we did a Jane's Addiction song and a Faith No More song. All the kind of alternative radio of that time, the late '80s, basically.

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

It's a big deal when you play in a rock band and you conquer Japan. You know, it's a big deal.

In the Bay Area, there was a resurgence of Dixieland jazz in the '40s - there was the Frisco Jazz Band, and Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band.

It was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band.

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I want my guys to be comfortable. I'm certainly not in this for the money, but I'd really like to see my guys make some money off of this stuff.

I got my first set of drums when I was around 3. I went from band to marching band to Latin jazz band - it's like riding a bike.

Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.

I have a great band from Jersey and New York. I say that because they got great attitude, and we have a great time on stage.

I never went to parties for the same reason I never went to clubs, because I had worked so many clubs with a band up in Jersey that I just wasn't interested in hanging out in places.

We used to play Jet before we go on stage.

Jim Morrison wrote the words for 'Hello, I Love You' when we were still in a band called Rick & the Ravens.

When we called each other and got the call that Jimmy had died, literally, it all ended right there. Everything we've ever known as human beings, everything we've ever known as a band, changes at that moment, and you can't think clearly.

In the Foo Fighters, my main job is to be the drummer, and that's enough.

I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.

After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.

If Harry Connick Jr. wants to call me and ask me to join his band, that would be fine with me. I'm happy, but if he calls, I would pick up.

In April of 1978 I was asked to join an all-girl band that was just taking shape, The Go-Go's. It was one of those moments in my life - and there were many - when I just blurted out 'Yes!'

If I was money-motivated, I wouldn't have joined a rock band with three other Armenian guys.

You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group.

I joined a band to hit things.