#bands

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. ↗

— Norman Granz

#big #dancing #first #history #jazz

I have similar feelings, actually. The intimacy of a club: you can see the people, you can almost feel them; you can't beat that. People will say things, and shout out, it's almost like they're up on the bandstand with you. ↗

— Benny Green

#almost #bandstand #beat #club #feel

The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where they want to escape from that matters. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#bands #because #escape #go #interested

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#any #bands #concerts #i #kid

When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#clark #dave #five #funky #going

My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players. ↗

— Chico Hamilton

#basically #come #exciting #fellows #jazz

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances. ↗

— Kirk Hammett

#bands #chances #hate #i #new

I was in two very horrible bands. ↗

— Colin Hanks

#horrible #i #two #very

Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there. ↗

— Jerry Harrison

#bands #i #improve #normally #refine

I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands. ↗

— Debbie Harry

#bit #blondie #eclectic #i #i think