Indie Rock Band Quotes

#1. There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and it's crazy how good they sound. That really freaks me out.

Travis Morrison

#2. Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?

Elvis Presley

#3. You can't know what an experience will mean to future-you until you are future-you. You need millions of seconds of perspective, which ultimately, only time can buy.

John Green

#4. What's cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails it, and the other one doesn't. I like that elusiveness.

Andrew Bird

#5. I went to the University of Toronto to study the history and theory of film, in the back of my mind thinking I'd go to NYU film school and see if I could make a career of it.

Tom Rachman

#6. I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.

Frances Power Cobbe

#7. Realism...is a kind of disappointed tribute to the ideal.

Roger Scruton

#8. All that we do is done with an eye to something else.

Aristotle.

#9. I am something new, and in this old world steeped in legends, ancestors, and what came before, something new is something very special.

Pierce Brown

#10. I never want to sort of put all the cards on the table all at once, because that's somehow there's always a journey to go on. There's always something to be revealed, in my mind, about characters.

Jeremy Northam

#11. Burdens willingly taken on, he decided, come to define the bearer. 'So

Ian C. Esslemont

#12. I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.

Dean Wareham

#13. Metaphors are lies.

Mark Haddon

#14. Make the world a better place one person at a time. Start with yourself

Linda Poindexter

#15. Everyone needs to prove they're strong. The truly strong only have to do it once.

Kit Rocha

#16. They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]

Martial

#17. That is the problem with age and wisdom - it merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.

Bill Bonner