Jim James Quotes

Seeing our VH-1 Behind the Music shows just how dysfunctional some of the moments of the band were but this new line-up has put the fun back in dysfunction.

There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.

Being in a band is a really magical thing because you've got a family and you operate as this one entity. It's very democratic; everyone is involved in the output. But within that, there can be a lot of disagreements and strife.

People forget that keeping a band together is hard; man, it's really hard. All the cliches apply about living in each other's pockets; of it being a relationship, a marriage, a family.

When you have four guys in a room writing songs, it different. It's great - that's what makes a band a band. Audioslave was great.

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.

If you start off writing an album with a band, the reality is that you're constantly in each other's company, so it's really important that you get on with each other.

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

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.

But then when he left, I realized that it was harder to write songs and feel spiritually connected to art and music as a band. When he came back I felt it again, instantaneously.

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.

Yeah, well, it did earlier - but as Bobby and I have played together, our thing as a unit has become so strong that they kind of had to get in where they fit in. And most people do.

It's easy to put on a Deep Purple record and say, 'That sounds great.' But why? Part of it is individual practice, but by playing together, a talent of meshing happens.

The reality is, like any band, you can never quite quantify who does what.

I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation.

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.

Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.

I think it was probably down to the fact that we weren't together personally as a band. We weren't pulling in the same direction. I always feel if you're having a good time in the studio it actually comes across on the tape and that was a bit of a miserable album for us.

I never play as well without these guys; the best I have ever been creatively has been with Pearl Jam.

Whatever we do as a band, none of us can do as individuals. We all know that, whatever we have gone through with each other and as a band.

The Eagles are four very alpha personalities. We've all done solo work, and we've all played with very good musicians, but when the four of us get together, it becomes something that's much bigger than any one of us.

When you're in a band it's a 24/7 thing. If you don't get on or like each other things will fall apart very quickly, which is what it seems happened with Fifth Harmony.

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.

Being in a band, you become each other's best friends as well as each other's worst enemies.