I had a ten-piece band when I was 21 years old, the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is just a slightly expanded version of a band I had before I ever signed a record contract. We had singers and horns. – Bruce Springsteen
Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it. – Adam Rich
There’s this new band that just started with us called the Dave Matthews Band. My God! I mean, I like those guys. Plus, Dave Matthews looks just like Forrest Gump. – Butch Trucks
I’m inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates. – Brad Delson
Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn’t even get a gig. – Beck
When we played with the Rollins Band, we’d keep songs going until we felt like ending it. – Adam Jones
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. – Clint Eastwood
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. – Bernard Sumner
As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke. – B. B. King
I’m a full member of Cheap Trick in all respects. Solely as an accommodation to some of the band members, I reluctantly agreed to take a temporary hiatus from touring. – Bun E. Carlos
It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band. – Billy Eckstine
When you’re used to playing with people, when you’re in a band, then you’re used to playing with each other. People nowadays aren’t used to playing with each other because they don’t have to. – Bootsy Collins
Every band I’ve worked with also wants to be countercultural in the sense that they want to feel that they’ve gone somewhere that nobody else has been. – Brian Eno
With me and Bill… I think we started out with $15 apiece and split the other $20 between the band. – Bobby Hatfield
