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• I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan.

  George Thorogood

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• When people come to the show they think we are a legendary band because they hear us on Classic Rock radio all the time. It is psychological. That’s okay – I’m down with that.

  George Thorogood

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• I’ve always liked Frank Sinata and Big Band music.

  George Strait

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• As good as I am, I’m nothing without my band.

  Steven Tyler

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• You know, with bands like Kiss back out on the road and Aerosmith coming out, we are going to be a band like that, in the sense that it’s a big rock band.

  Steve Brown

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• Almost every band has somebody who’s the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.

  Stephen Joseph Malkmus

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• We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops.

  Simon Le Bon

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• At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It’s down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I’m talking like I’m in the army and this is my squadron.

  Shirley Manson

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• When it comes to the recording and writing, it’s still mostly Mickey and I. But now there’s this whole live entity that’s a whole different thing, and it seems to be where we’re gaining the most popularity.

  Gene Ween

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• Ninety-nine per cent of opening bands stink.

  Gene Ween

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• A few years ago, one of our singles got beaten out by Better Than Ezra. The label could only have one band at a time being taken to the right people at radio, and they opted for Better Than Ezra instead of us. Who knows.

  Gene Ween

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• My band can tell you, I’d rather do anything than rehearse.

  Shelby Lynne

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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

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• I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I’ll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

  Gemma Arterton

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• There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn’t talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that he was pushing. We were very quiet with each other. But after two years he saw what I was doing and sent messages through other people that, yes, this is good.

  Gelsey Kirkland

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• I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn’t like the musical direction Sabbath was going in.

  Geezer Butler

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• Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.

  Geezer Butler

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• We were into Hendrix and Cream, who were like the heaviest bands around at that time. We just wanted to be heavier than everybody else!

  Geezer Butler

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• To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier.

  Geezer Butler

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• If you are a pop band, don’t say you’re a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.

  Geezer Butler

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