784 Quotes About Band

Then ultimately I was in a band called The Police by which time I played a lot of classical guitar, studied classic music, played jazz, rock.

We're semi-pro though, strictly part time. You have to budget your time. I have a job here at Rutgers that I love, and the band is a weekend-warrior kind of thing.

We get Rutgers students at our shows all the time. The Cabin is always a blast to play. It's a way to enjoy a hobby I love, and the band is really smoking. It's great to just see everybody get out there and dance.

I've been playing since I was 16 or 17. When I was at Rutgers from '81 to '85, I was in a band called The Queues, which was pretty much a cross between J. Geils and Flock of Seagulls.

My dad would moonlight back then, ... He'd worked his way through college in a band before he became an opera singer. I'd been playing guitar all my life, but he recruited me to play drums when I was about 10. We played country clubs and stuff. He taught me drums for a good reason. I worked real cheap.

I was in a band that wanted to make the move to Austin, because they had heard about the scene there, ... They kind of talked me into leaving school and moving. And then, at the last minute, they decided they didn't want to go. So I went there alone.

My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we all pull together, and it's fun. It's like being on a sports team or something.

The hockey mentality is that when we're challenged, we grow tighter together. One player or two might speak out and it might reflect (poorly) on the union, but 99 percent of the union will band together.

The band is a big social group. Students who have graduated come back and talk about the good memories. Kids who have moved on liked the Pine-Richland experience.