Band Member Quotes

Joe Walsh is somebody who... he's a writer, obviously, and he's a singer-songwriter, whatever, but at the end of the day, when it comes to the Eagles, he's there to play guitar, and he's there to supply whatever is needed for that band, and that is what I feel with Metallica.

I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.

My part in AC/DC is just adding the color on top.

I'm actually in my 22-year-old son Jason's band, After Midnight Project. The music is like Coldplay-ish rock.

As a member of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and now Prophets of Rage I'm pretty used to coming on stage and there's a full house.

I've always been the DJ or the bass player or the drummer, somebody in the background. I don't think anybody who knows me personally would say that I'm particularly shy or introverted, but I'm definitely not like Mr. Attention.

Then Bono arrived, and he meant to play the guitar, but he couldn't play very well, so he started to sing. He couldn't do that either. But he was such a charismatic character that he was in the band anyway, as soon as he arrived. I was in charge for the first five minutes, but as soon as Bono got there, I was out of a job.

Yes's whole career was never really planned in any sort of way. It's always sad when a member leaves, but it's exciting when someone new comes in, and that regenerates the freshness of the band.

I don't wanna be a solo artist. I wanna be in Styx.

I fancied being a lead singer. I've always done a lot of vocals, but obviously, Freddie is the lead singer.

If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison.

I was kind of a sideman. Then I became kind of a singer-songwriter.

I love Hootie & the Blowfish and what we do, but that's not my main focus anymore.

I always say, 'Hey, I'm in Metallica, but I wasn't on the Black Album.'

I actually played guitar before I played drums. And I always play guitar on the Slipknot albums as well, as well as being responsible for a lot of the songwriting.

There are so many people out there who think they are fans of Pink Floyd - and certainly the work I did in Pink Floyd - who are still furious that I left.

When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the tunes!

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer.

In the past, I played in bands, worked at coffee shops, babysat, and worked as a production assistant.

For a while I had somebody that came to clean my house that turned out to be in a band that I really loved.

I absolutely am not the 'de facto front man' in The Mob - that title surely goes to Russell Allen, who is one of the best front men in the business. I am just happy to be part of the band and not necessarily leading it.

That's the nice thing about being in Mr. Big, is I'm not only the guitar player. I'm the background singer, and so I get to do both of those things. Sometimes we even switch instruments and I get to be the drummer.

You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group.

Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed.

I can just be one of those guys that used in the mix, playing 4 or 5 if we play smaller.