James Murphy Quotes

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

I've always been a band guy. That's my wheelhouse. That's what I do.

This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.

I was in two very horrible bands.

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

One of the main things we learned as a band in those days was not to be the headliner.

My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.

When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing.

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

Ninety-nine per cent of opening bands stink.

The first band I was ever in, I played guitar. We did Gary Glitter and Green Day covers at the time. We were called Fizz. I have no idea why we picked that. We were, like, 12 years old.

I always wanted to be in bands.

I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be.

With Fleetwood Mac, it's an amazing chemistry that we have on stage.

I played with a band in Austin when I was doing 'Friday Night Lights.' It was a blast.

For 'Rock On,' we not only acted as rock musicians; we also went into the studio to record songs and jammed live to get the concert feel right.

I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.

Being in a band, whether your female or male, is really hard.

When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff.

If you're a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.

We never thought we were musicians. We just thought we were in a band.

I feel like once you go with a band, it's hard to go back. I just don't see myself performing without a band.

We're a live band. It's what we do best.

When I was in my former band Downhere, I did everything I could not to remind people of Freddie Mercury, but it became almost hilarious how many people compared me to him to the point where it felt like it was working against the band when we tested singles at radio.

I was in a band when I was in high school, and I was bitten by the performance bug, if anything else.