"Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it."
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"A lot of bands mature, which means they get square; they start delivering messages. Hey, you got a message, use Western Union."
"I like to go to concerts because I love to see my favorite band through the phone of the asshole who's standing in front of me."
"I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet."
"My songs were influenced not so much by poetry on the page but by poetry being recited by the poets who recited poems with jazz bands."
"The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience."
"With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable."
"Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult."
"I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them."
"The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune."
"It's a really bad idea to be in a band and get involved with each other."
"But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago."
"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother"
"Immense deposits of kimmeridge clay, containing the oil-bearing bands or seams, stretch across England from Dorsetshire to Lincolnshire. [An early political recognition of the native resource. The Geological Survey had identified the inflammable oil shale in reports since at least 1888.]"
"No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles."
"I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music."
"As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member"
"Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music."
"I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band."
"I couldn't put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would've stayed with the band."