Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Harwell

We are probably one of the most licensed bands out there for movies and TV shows.

Laurent Brancowitz

The bands you like and know that are French are always outsiders in the French music industry - Daft Punk, Air.

We were always a fun-oriented jam band. We were never one of those bands that played the framework of the song and jammed on it for six hours. Maybe a few hours, but not six.

Bob Hartley

We're going to pick up whatever is left of him when it is over. I just hope the Finnish team will supply the elastic bands (used to treat groin injuries) when he comes back.

We're going to do some old traditional folk songs. We haven't completely set up a list. We'll play some music from modern Celtic rock bands like the Seven Nations. We'll play a couple of more contemporary Irish tunes that I wouldn't call rock; they're more contemporary ballads. We haven't set it all out yet, but they run the gamut.

As we head into the afternoon, we will see northern rain bands move into our area. That will produce brief heavy downpours and gusty winds. It is going to be similar to what happened Thursday in terms of seeing some sunshine during points of the day and then other times seeing a real heavy downpour with winds kicking up.

About 27 bands auditioned and 14 made the cut. We have students representing 10 Howard County high schools.

It seems like a lot of the bands in town will look at a band and go, 'Yeah, that was awesome. Let's do that, specifically.' And we obviously have our influences, but at the same time we're like, 'How can we be better? What can we do that nobody else wants to do?'

Keith Buckley

They put Buffalo on the map for this kind of music. All these bands growing up around here looked up to them and just looked out for each other.

All of our friends in American bands asked, 'What on Earth were you doing?'

A lot of bands go to Europe and play the festivals.

Debbie Harry

A lot of the bands were really, really different and a lot of them actually didn't become huge but I think were hugely influential.

Billie Armstrong

A lot of rock bands had to step up to the plate and create a stronger message. That's the reason that hip-hop is so dominating, is that there's a true message behind what they're doing.

Joe Elliott

A lot of these bands were huge in Britain but never really made it big in the States,

Jonny Greenwood

It's no longer unusual for real avant-garde composers to have been in a band, and for bands to be interested in a wide range of music. Look at how artists like Aphex Twin are influenced by Nancarrow and Stockhausen.

There was so much excitement for music at the time, and much of it had to do with the Beatles. The Beatles inspired probably more bands than we will ever know, and they certainly inspired me.

There were no good bands in my town. You know, there's like this magic town where every kid started a band in high school, and half of them were good and have careers based on relationships built at that time? That wasn't what my life was like at all.

Diane Cilento

There were huge big bands like Count Basie, and I used to go from the theatre to Birdland, and they all knew me. I loved the big band sound.

There were five bands at the inaugural show that drew over 150 teens and young adults.

There were several independent judges -- some of them from Brook Mays Music -- that selected 24 bands out of 60, then 12 and finally three.

There's a lot of bands in this school who would like to participate.

There's a large segment of the population that doesn't realize what an influence Folkways had on a number of bands that they listen to. And from the Folkways point of view, this really carries on the folk tradition -- the idea that it's an oral history and everything is passed from generation to generation.

It might sound corny, but this is history. These three bands won't be together like this ever again.

It's an old bank building redesigned for dancing, bands and eating. We will do the environment, bringing in real cool modern furniture, sofas and seating to make it look more like a nightclub.

Mike Einziger

They're doing a tour that's sponsored by MySpace with a lot of other bands that are probably heavy rock. They're gonna stick out like a sore thumb. It'll be really cool.

They're one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

Tom Cavanagh

There's a lot of tribute bands in New York City and not so much around the country. That is why we tour so much.

Philipp Meyer

There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.

It was definitely a weird experience when a song goes to pop radio like that. The rock side of things is bands on the road, playing, partying and doing it because they love music. The pop thing was, like, how can we make money?

Rob Sheffield

It was R.E.M. who showed other Eighties bands how to get away with ignoring the rules - they lived in some weird town nobody never heard of, they didn't play power chords, they probably couldn't even spell 'spandex.' All they had was songs.

It was a rocking show, the bands were awesome. We were expecting a good show and Saving Jane didn't prove us wrong.

Nuno Bettencourt

Half the bands I guarantee wouldn't at this point want Nuno to open for them.

Pete Wentz

There are bands that I got into when I was 15, when I was mad at my dad and just wanted to be different. I don't think I'd give those bands half a chance now. But I hold some kind of nostalgia for them that I won't let go. Bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag.