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The Band was always famous for its retirements; we'd go and play and get a little petty cash together, and then not see each other till it was time to fill our pockets up again.

— Rick Danko

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I just thought this was an opportunity for us to make the kind of records that we wanted and make some money at the same time.

— Buzz Osborne

We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.

— Roy Wood

I wanted to be in a band that shared ideas and were in it together.

— Roger Daltrey

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.

— Dean Wareham

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in.

— Benny Goodman

We worked as a team... I was one of the band.

— Jonathan King

I do know many a band out there, because believe me, we've played with most of them, who are together because they have to be. They might not talk to each other offstage, but they realize they can earn a living by going out and keeping that music alive.

— Gerry Beckley

One of the reasons we survive as a band is that we are seen as a band of today. We don't want to be seen as a band that tours and plays old songs. We feel that we are making the best music of our careers.

— Andrew Fletcher

We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.

— Joan Jett

✗Opposing Perspectives

That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other.

— Earl Scruggs