I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor. — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
My father was a steelworker who'd come over from Abruzzi, in Italy. He played in the band and he encouraged me to… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
For about three years I was playing clubs and theatres, I had a band, and I made a recording a few years… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic. — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I… — Pixie Lott Copy Share Image
Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence. — Jerry Cantrell Copy Share Image
With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
I have to hear more live instrumentation, more band and more funk, and I don't hear enough of it, so I created… — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
I'd work on Garbage or I'd edit a song or writing here, but I was able to do a lot of things… — Butch Vig Copy Share Image
The process of introducing people to new music is amazing. It's a gift. One of the best parts of any day is… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
The danger of a rock band is repeating oneself. It's our greatest fear - that it evolves into the myopia of a… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
Growing up I listened to a lot of Billy Joel, Sam Smith, Adele, Stevie Wonder, and Queen; these are artists who use… — Benson Boone Copy Share Image
... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
The reason for a lot of bands not making it is because they don't really understand that your job is sort of… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
There's no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice,… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song. — Nanci Griffith Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn...What comes out is what I feel. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
The best part of being in a band and being successful is you get to have hot girls lace up your shoes. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, everyone wanted to be in a band - that was the path to girls, adulation, money. — Tom Anderson Copy Share Image
I do play a lot of instruments. I started with the harp when I was young and then sort of moved to… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
I was the product of very young parents, and they had wild ways. My mother was in a punk band. Rebelling would… — Holly Marie Combs Copy Share Image
When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Singing has always been my big passion and I would love to be able to go to the U.S. and perform more. — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better. — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“Before leaving the earth altogether, let us as: How does Music stand with respect to its instruments, their pitches, the scales, modes… — John Cage Copy Share Image
You could say, 'Oh, we're gonna write the heaviest album of all time' or 'We're gonna write an album that sounds like… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
When I was younger, bands helped me connect to part of my humanity; bands that had nothing to do with anything political… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
“The Lord your God is with you. He is mighty to save. He takes great delight in you. He will quiet you… — Zephaniah 3:17 Copy Share Image
The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I'm a heaven sent instrument. My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental. That's why I'm instrumental, vibrations… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
When I was four, I think I just wanted to make noise. When I was about 10 years old I was given… — Eliot Paulina Sumner Copy Share Image
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
Once you find your own sound, you find the strength and courage to stay true to that. Keep going even in moments… — Richie Hawtin Copy Share Image
The definition of a band is the selflessness. That's what a society is, isn't it? We're all thinking, like, together we make… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
When I was playing with synth players, I was still within a conceptual framework of playing music. When I started playing solo,… — Z'EV Copy Share Image
We decided to self-title it '5 Seconds of Summer' because it really represents who we are and who we want to be… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
