Music making Quotes · Page 102

I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing, it's not, really. It's pretending that it's a…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.

— Taylor Swift

Rock bands are a lot like us. They have to go to the arenas early for rehearsal.

— Kelly Kelly

I was in a band called Groove Solution. Because there was a groove crisis, and we solved it.

— Julian Barratt

I was feeling really restless in my hard-rock band. I wanted to learn more about storytelling in music, and that's what country…

— Lindsey Haun

Singing is a form of meditation... apparently the only one that I have command over.

— Brandi Carlile

My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.

— Anonymous

By the time I was 17, I was in a band, writing songs and playing solo piano at weekends, in pubs or…

— Chesney Hawkes

...the music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out…

— Mark Knopfler

Being in two full-time rock bands is pretty impossible. I love to tour but I have a dog and I want to…

— Neko Case

I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself…

— Hayley Williams

My mother told me to keep on singing, and that kept me working through the cotton fields. She said God has his…

— Johnny Cash

I don't know any artists or painters, like, "Oh that painting group." I want to write down this idea of a group…

— Fred Armisen

As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years…

— Eberhard Weber

I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent…

— Thomas Sangster

To tell the truth, I'd join a band with John Lennon any day, but I couldn't join a band with Paul McCartney,…

— George Harrison

We're working out, watching Netflix and learning to play instruments. I think we're doing a lot of self-development, and also just trying…

— J-Hope

When we edit the music, I always remember, "It's my band. Save me a place to play."

— Miles Davis

It's a very different feeling just sitting around the side, playing piano, and dancing around as opposed to standing in front and…

— Jonathan Meiburg

“Always be the worst guy in every band you’re in. - so you can learn. The people around you affect your performance.…

— Chad Fowler

I think it's important to learn instruments, whenever one has a little space. Be eager to learn and love your instrument.

— Nneka

Getting worried there might not be enough talent in America to acommodate all these singing shows.

— Natasha Leggero

I generally use a lot of analog instruments, a few synths from the '80s like the Roland Juno-106, and an old Fender…

— Gus Dapperton

Be it flute, piano or any instrument, there would always be a reason to bring in the particular feel into a song.

— M. Jayachandran

When I left my band, I had to start over from scratch, and that's a scary place to go.

— Johnny Colt

It's 2019. People aren't going to shows to watch a band play the song exactly like the record.

— Nita Strauss

It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust.…

— Kim Gordon

I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get…

— Stephen Mangan

A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. It's not always the best people you need,…

— Ronnie Hawkins

The thing about Led Zeppelin was that it was always four musicians at the top of their game, but they could play…

— Jimmy Page

I'm confident in my intentions and why I'm making music. I'm not making music because I want to be on your TV…

— Maxwell

If I'd thought, "I can't really play this instrument," I wouldn't have done it! But I didn't care, you know. I didn't…

— David Toop

I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well…

— Randy Newman

I started singing in my first band in 1992 so I'm coming up to 20 years in this business. That's a long time.

— Darren Hayes

I grew up dancing and singing, and I pool together my life experience and relationships and put it into work.

— Ashley Roberts

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

— Bruno Mars

One Direction. Proper pop band. There has to be a band that people want to scream at. I don't think I've ever…

— Chris Lowe

I love traditional instruments, though of course they are anachronisms. Satellites run around our planet, but we still play bassoons. It's ridiculous!

— Anonymous

I love my band - they are the best out there, and I wouldn't want to perform with anyone else.

— Blake Shelton

Even though I don't sing any more, singing was my first education in the arts, and it's clear to me that my…

— Garth Greenwell