Band Quotes

I knew the Beatles songs and how influential they are to other bands, but I’m not a fanatic, so I could look outside the box and observe.

I’m very lucky; I have a lot of knowledge. My favorite band is The Beatles, so a lot of inspiration for my music comes from them, too.

If you don’t try and explore genres and have freedom of creativity, you’re just wasting your position as a pop band.

A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they’re going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.

I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I’d put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band.

I’m a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we’ve been in many bands.

There’s no real template to follow these days for what a band should and shouldn’t be – bands are just becoming these weird little Internet avatars that you either follow or download or interact with in some removed way.

The martyr band That hallowed our land With the blood they shed in a tide for us?

I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.