Rob Halford Quotes

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.

The chairman of a committee should be in harmony with the majority who constitute it.

I like being in a band where everybody's equal.

I see all the musicians in Blur with equal standing, really.

In a band that works out well, everybody has a certain role to fulfill.

Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

This band has never had an argument. It's just amazing.

I've been in very many situations where I've not liked the other members of the band or they have not liked me. I grew up presuming that's the way music was made. It doesn't need to be that way. It's taken me years years to find that out.

We don't want to be Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. That type of thing wasn't what we were after. It was most important for each of us to be equal in input and output - each of us has to pull the same amount, musically, in composition and in every sense of being in the band.

Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.

Those who go along get along.

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

No winner, no loser

You don't compromise principles, but you harmonize tactics to preserve unity.

I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.

The hardest job is getting personalities to mesh.

Soundgarden was incredibly democratic, and I was really proud of that. I felt like we got along better than most bands we toured with and most people we knew. And at the same time, when you're that democratic and concerned with each other's opinions, you're always concerned with what the other people think.

I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it works on some level, hold on to it with both hands and don't ever let it go.

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

When it comes to being in a band or going solo, one is collaborative, and one is not. But generally speaking, when going solo, I am the boss. People can contribute ideas, but I am the boss. When collaborating, you make compromises and look for a common ground.

I love seeing people collaborate to make great music!

All the small things matter. Communication. It doesn't matter what you are doing. You have to be on the same page.