{"quotes":[{"text":"Most of my friends were in band, and most of my free time during school was spent within twenty feet of the band room.","author":"John Green","tags":["band","band-nerd","friends","high-school","nerd","social","young-adult"],"id":10841,"author_id":"John+Green"},{"text":"Band has really been the one thing that allows me to experience somewhat of a distraction. They say music heals, right? I'm able to exist in all my weirdness right in the middle of a big crowd of people, but all I really have to focus on is playing my own part, marching with the correct foot, and being where I’m supposed to be on the field. - Rigby Raines.","author":"R.K. Slade","tags":["band","band-geeks","band-nerd","marching-band","music","music-history"],"id":248166,"author_id":"R.K.+Slade"},{"text":"I’m basically a nobody in the trumpet section. I like it that way. I hate being in front of people. I think I’m too nervous, or anxious, or something. The only time I ever played a solo was that time during concert band that I accidentally played during a rest. The whole band was silent and I honked out a right note at the wrong time. I was so embarrassed that I wanted to hide in my band locker. - Rigby Raines.","author":"R.K. Slade","tags":["band","band-geeks","band-nerd","marching-band","music","music-history"],"id":264719,"author_id":"R.K.+Slade"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}