Rock Bands Quotes - Page 6

• Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job

  Billy Corgan

  Jobs, Rocks, Band

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• I started playing around with local rock band swith the alto. And then, in a nutshell, somebody fell ill one night, the lead singer of one of the bands, and they knew I could sing, so they asked me if I would stand in. And I quite enjoyed it, actually, I must say, at 14. It was a real trip to have girls wave at you and smile and everything just because you opened your mouth and sang.

  David Bowie

  Girl, Real, Night

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I started out, in the mid-'70s, taking photographs of rock bands that I liked but not because I really wanted to photograph them. Initially, I was pretending to be a photographer, simply so that I could go up to the front of the crowd and be a bit closer to the bands. But, I found I was gradually developing an interest in the photos I took.

  Derek Ridgers

  Rocks, Band, Crowds

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Being in a rock band for 20 years is not the best resume for anything else.

  Walter Martin

  Rocks, Years, Band

  "Back to School with Walter Martin". Interview with Matt Berninger, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 1, 2016.

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• We didn't know what the reception was going to be when we walked out on the runway, but it felt like we were in a rock band. People started cheering. It was a nice way to begin Zoolander 2, with that kind of reception.

  Owen Wilson

  Cheer, Nice, Rocks

  Interview with Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 15, 2016.

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• It seemed like, in the early '80s, there was just a moment where there was suddenly no specific notion of what a rock band could be or what a song could be.

  Bucky Pope

  Song, Rocks, Band

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I got to be about 13 and everyone started playing guitars and being in rock bands. There was no place for me with my trumpet and I wasn't cool anymore. Although now if I played the trumpet it would be the coolest thing in the world.

  Douglas Booth

  Rocks, Guitar, Would Be

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• I'm fascinated with the attitude of younger rock bands, even ones that are making money at it. I don't ever hear them talk about it as a "career." It almost makes me think there isn't even a music industry anymore, like an atom bomb fell and it was just eradicated forever.

  Travis Morrison

  Attitude, Thinking, Rocks

  "The Dismemberment Plan". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2013.

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• There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and it's crazy how good they sound. That really freaks me out.

  Travis Morrison

  Crazy, Rocks, Indie Rock

  "The Dismemberment Plan". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2013.

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• I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Rocks, Band, Wanted

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Critics and fans use the music of their youth as reference points. For years, people seriously wondered who "the next Beatles" were going to be, and classic rock bands were the de facto yardstick for rock quality.

  Michael Azerrad

  Rocks, Years, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it.

  Colin Stetson

  Rocks, Band, Phases

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I'm finding it hard to listen to other rock bands. It's been hard for me for a long time, but now I can't listen to any new bands at all.

  Matt Tong

  Rocks, Long, Band

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

  Gene Simmons

  Reality, Rocks, Play

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• The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.

  Paul Stanley

  Rocks, Band, Facts

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• With 'Elect the Dead,' I learned how to make a rock record without a rock band and make the rock record I've always wanted to make.

  Serj Tankian

  Rocks, Band, Records

  "The Imperfect Harmony Of Serj Tankian". Interview With Chris Carle, www.ign.com. September 27, 2010.

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• I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever!

  Jesse Ventura

  Believe, Rocks, Two

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• It was harder to break into comics than it was to become a singer in a rock band.

  Gerard Way

  Rocks, Band, Singers

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• Being in a rock band is about touring. It's about writing songs and it's about making records but it's also about taking a wonderful smile onto that stage and making the people feel good about themselves.

  James Young

  Happiness, Smile, Song

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• Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or an orchestra. Frank was a brilliant arranger and could make his music work in any context. He proved that tour after tour and album after album.

  Dweezil Zappa

  Music, Rocks, Views

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• With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over.

  Ikue Mori

  Rocks, Play, Band

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• Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.

  Jimmy Chamberlin

  Rocks, Different, Would Be

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• By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum

  Steve Albini

  Wise, Rocks, Band

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• I don't think anyone has exhausted the range of sound possible in a conventional rock band, but people do become slaves to their own easiest techniques

  Steve Albini

  Thinking, Rocks, People

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• My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players.

  Chico Hamilton

  Player, Rocks, Two

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