Robert Coppola Schwartzman Quotes

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

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

We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey when you are in a band together.

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

Well, my musicians are my friends.

People in bands don't have the kind of conversations people might think they have. The best things about being in a band are the things that are unsaid.

If you're truly in a band and you guys have been together for a long time, there's a family bond that you have. In fact, I've talked about this with therapists, especially if you're talking about a relationship, because when you're with somebody, you're going to your family, and she's alone.

We were friends for a year before we started playing music together. We both think it's pretty important. Tyler's my friend before he's a guy in my band, and when we talk to each other about things, it comes from a friend standpoint, not just a business standpoint.

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.

We really do get along, I think because we have a bit of respect for each other being in a band. But, of course, we're brothers.

When I joined Nirvana, I was the fifth or sixth drummer - I don't know if they'd ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music.

It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's broken, it's impossible to continue.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

My wife and I were in a band and worked together on and off since we were 19 or 20.

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.

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

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!

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

You can always know, when it comes to a Gucci Mane or Migos project, there is no such thing of them putting out a project without me being a part of it. These are guys that I'm really close with, and we built a sound together, and we got a certain chemistry.