Jack Antonoff Quotes

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

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.

I was in two very horrible bands.

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

I hope to find the perfect band as well, I really do, and I'm working very hard to find that band.

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

Steven Adler and I played football in the street when we were 12. I remember rehearsing in my bedroom with my first band, and some kid climbed over the fence of my backyard and peeked his head in the window to see who was rocking. It was Slash.

I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

I always wanted to be in bands.

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

Later when I was in Mithibai College, Mumbai, I was a singer for a rock band.

I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk!

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

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

I have a band called Sons of the Lawless.

I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals.

Growing up I played in garage bands and cover bands with my older brother, and he got us a gig opening up for some hippie jam band. I was 15. I felt like such an adult!

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

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.

When we were 15, my brother and I were getting really into Nirvana, Green Day, and The Beastie Boys. We started going to shows and realized we really wanted to be on stage.

Growing up, I was a giant KISS fan, and the truth is the record I had was 'Rock and Roll Over,' and there wasn't even a clear picture of them in the packaging! So I really had no idea what they looked like; I just loved their music.

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.

Rock and Roll Over' was the first Kiss album I heard, but I was totally oblivious to their whole image and the makeup and all that. I was so out of touch with the wider world.

My favorite song to play is 'Smokin' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live.