Bands are like people. They're born and then they die.
I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician.
I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.
There are loads of bands I'd love to produce.
My idea was to release four four-song EPs, just like all the old Limey shoegaze bands used to do.
I'll tell you what I hate - bands like My Chemical Romance.
I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism.
I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.
There are bands now, and for years, that called themselves emo. I never followed that stuff.
Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do.
If girls are ever going to start to be in bands as the norm rather than as the exception. They need to see people up there that have just started playing. That's something that had gotten lost. I think that's why there are so many great girl punk rock bands now. It's like you have to make up your own rules because the old rules don't apply. You just have to start with what you have.
I was playing in bands before high school even. My first band I was in at 14. And we were playing just Beatles.
I always freak out when people ask me about my favorite bands or my five favorite records, I just can never do that because it goes through different waves and sometimes you want to listen to something and at other times you want to listen to something else so I don't know.
I think in its own small way, it did push people to be more accepting of different kinds of music. It definitely made music more egalitarian in terms of, it took away the shame of the goofy bands that you liked.
I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.
Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Fleetwood Mac is just one of my all-time favorite bands.
When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with.
I want to be in cahoots with bands who want to make the record of their dreams.