My father was in a dance band, and I wanted to do what he did, play the saxophone, but I couldn't blow a note, so he suggested the guitar. Chromatic harmonica was actually my first instrument, and I got very good at it - not quite Stevie Wonder, but ...
Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.
I have a really good band, and just returned from a short tour in California. It hasn't always gone that well.
The Band is sounding real good. We've been doing some dates together and they've been going well.
Music expresses what cannot be put into words I like to think, and I think the band makes a good go at it.
Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.
We're a pop art band. Not a pop band.
My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.
There's always a Van der Graaf audience that wants to hear the band's sound. And totally fair enough. Why not? It's a band. You like the band, you like the band.
When you are in a band for a number of years you loose your identity in a way. You become a part of that band and then all of a sudden you are not part of that band. You are still the band without the other two members.
Look at The Beatles: how they struggled, how they worked in order to become such a good little band. And that's why they had such longevity and are still admired today.
I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers.
'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!
I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.
Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.
I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.
I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes.
I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.
In 1974 I was trying to get my first little band together. That year marked kind of a traumatic point in my life, but I had a lot of support from friends and family and a lot of good things ended up coming out of it.
Yeah, my son likes a lot of guitar bands. He gave me something the other day which was really good. He'll burn a CD for me full of things that he has, so he's a pretty good call if I want to check some of that stuff out... The other two aren't quite ...
When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you let things like the location of a band get in the way or have an effect on your overview, you're cheating yourself out of a really good...
