Frankie Ballard Quotes

We want to start a 'Flash' band. Everyone can play an instrument and sing.

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

My friends always had bands, and we would play together.

The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot.

LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always thought that we were so obviously not a great band, comically not a great band. I was not a great front man.

There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know.

I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the collaborative spirit, but it's not true.

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.

I want to talk about my band, you know what I mean? I don't want to talk about other bands.

In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.

A good bassist determines the direction of any band.

I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldn't dignify it with the term band - get together and play.

My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals.

An important part of being in a band is the rhythm section.

I'm a musical theater guy. That's where I came from. That's where I go whenever I have the chance. It's my first love.

I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.

It's great fun to play with a really good band.

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

Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole set as one piece, so they know how the dynamics of it work. It's really difficult to do, and you can only really do it while you're on tour, as being in a rehearsal studio is not the same as being on stage in front of an audience.

Western classical music is participative. Look at the number of people who are involved in a symphony.

For fun, I love to play the drums... poorly. I have a band, a bunch of theater nerds - we got together, and we're like, 'Let's play rock music for three hours and never take breaks.' We call ourselves The U.S. Open.

There is definitely an art to the dance that is being in a band.

I still get excited for band practice, like I love when we're about to go on tour and we all get together and practice. I'm so excited, it's like the first day of school. You check out everyone's new backpack.

If you look at my history, my history is that of forming bands rather than joining them.

Being in a band is being punk, no matter what. You have to dedicate your life to it.