Dolores O'Riordan Quotes

Music became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person.

The band's a really close-knit family. We've got fantastically good friendships and relationships that have developed after all these years.

In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much.

When you form a band, you form a real relationship that's like a marriage. It's an emotional connection, especially when you're young... because you don't know what's out there.

Marty and I are playing with the same intensity. That's the beautiful thing, man, we're actually better now than ever, probably more intense now than ever, tighter now than ever.

When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.

We had always been a real band; Heart was never a construct.

When you're in a band, it's kind of a big thing to be friends as well.

I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and some other guys.

I really enjoy being with the people I play with. I enjoy their company. I love the crew, the band - we just move through the country like an army. I always feel very grateful to be up there. There aren't any bad nights anymore unless I'm singing bad, but then the band will carry me. And if they're playing bad, I will carry them..

We used to really feel like the band was our family.

A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.

We became friends as we became a band. Our friendship evolved as the band evolved. It had its ups and downs, but it was mostly ups for the four of us. We got along well almost all of the time. Hey! We liked each other and we still do.

The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.

I say if you can find somebody you can make music with, that's a special thing, so you should try to keep it going.

The longevity of a band is really contingent on loving the people that you're making music with and being able to get along in the long run. It's just like being married, except you're married to more than one person!

I feel it's quite important to have a band but what's more vital is to be friends with the members of the band. If there's not a bond there, you won't be able to jam. Apart from that, it's also vital to have the same vibe.

People always want to romanticize relationships within bands. Most of these relationships are based on music first.

My band and I are even closer. They've grown with me over four years, so we're closer and closer and closer.

One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.

I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.

I just think that with music, it's kind of like life, and so the people you work with, you generally develop a relationship. You don't have to try to explain things. You just know. It's like you're in the band together and striving for the same goal.

The wonderful thing about rock music is even if you hate the other person, sometimes you need him more, you know. In other words if he's the guy that made that sound, he's the guy that made that sound, and without that guy making that sound, you don't have a band, you know.

There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen.

Working with the Kinks, there always seemed to be some kind of automatic process at work. Ray and I had this telepathy happening for a long time, where one of us always knew what the other could do with something.