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Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.

— Nick Lowe

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.

— Jeff Ament

Since I was a teenager, I wanted to be in a band with my mates: my pure image of a band.

— Josh Klinghoffer

School was pretty good about letting me take up music and that's where I had my first musical ideas and first said, 'Yeah, I'm going to be a musician.' I just had to do a quick stop gap in the army first.

— James Blunt

I always knew I wanted to be in a band.

— Hayley Williams

I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn't really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked out.

— Brendon Urie

I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex.

— Bruce Sterling

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.

— Tony Blair

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.

— Gene Simmons

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

— Laverne Cox

✗Opposing Perspectives

In my day, when I was a young kid, army duty was compulsory in South Africa or you go to jail. I had the choice, so I spent a year in the entertainment unit, and outside of doing shows - and I used to write for, arrange for the big band - outside of doing that, I actually had a rock band in the army.

— Trevor Rabin