Jake Epstein Quotes

Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.

I'd been bumming around in bands since my school days.

I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.

My dream job is to be a rock drummer and the alternate drummer for the Foo Fighters.

I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit.

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10, then bass and guitar when I was 18.

I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice and went through two days of auditioning for bands.

I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my life to.

When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader for my brother's band.

You can never rely on musicians. I quit high school at one point to make a go of it with this band and we kept breaking up. So I went back to school.

I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.

I always saw being in a band a full time job.

I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music.

I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.

Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with.

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

I've always been in touring bands in some capacity.

I would always rather be working on the band. All that other stuff is stuff I really enjoy doing, but I don't consider it... like, I don't want to be a producer. I don't consider that as my life's goal.

As you know, I was a solo singer, something I just got very much used to. Turns out I'm quite enjoying being in a band!

I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.

I moved out to L.A. when I was 17, dropped out of high school, and pursued a career in music.

As time went on, we formed a number of different bands. We played in rival, neighborhood bands. We learned more songs and we learned how to play Chuck Berry music and we learned Ventures songs.

According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life.