I know I have a very unusual style of playing, where other more recognized and technically proficient players might look at me… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
I think there's a fallacy that's been concocted by the music teachers' profession, to wit: that there's a certain sequence of events… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
She comes to see us and stuff. She likes it I dont think its her favorite kind of music but she has… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was… — Ikue Mori Copy Share Image
The band that changed my life was The Who. It's hard to pick just one album, but if I had to pick… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
“The deaf people there with balloons, holding them up and feeling the vibrations of the balloons to the Germs, all these fuckin'… — Jack Boulware Copy Share Image
I believe that the greatest music is storytelling anyway, in a heightened medium. So I write a lot of music, and I… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments… — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The sounds proceeding from the instruments of symphonic music seem to be the very organs of the mysteries of creation; for they… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
'Spinal Tap' began as a mock rock band that we four - Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and myself - developed… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
“Playing an instrument says you have passion. Taking the time to teach someone else, especially someone younger, says you’re not only sweet,… — Cheryl McIntyre Copy Share Image
Music's always been a big part of my life. Because of my father, I was always surrounded by music and musicians, and… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
gospel singing ... is the rawest, sweetest, uninhibited and exquisite sounds a person can make or hear. It isn't music, it's an… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I was sixteen, I became a working guitar player gigging in LA, mostly in top 40 bands, then touring. I learned to… — Danny Jacob Copy Share Image
I have loved music since I was a baby and had the chance to begin early. At 14 I had my first… — Fabio Frizzi Copy Share Image
I always recorded my vocals live with the band. Usually we'd just start from scratch. After we chose whatever song we decided… — B. J. Thomas Copy Share Image
The music director, Stephen Oremus, was telling me: "I hope you've done your work." We only have ten days rehearsal. The music… — Max von Essen Copy Share Image
Whether you like another bands music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who… — Adam Rich Copy Share Image
Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
I have a Chamberlain I bought from some surfers in Westwood many years ago. It's an early analog synthesizer; it operates on… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Like Jermaine was saying, it's a beautiful day, and we're just glad all of this is behind us. We can go on… — Tito Jackson Copy Share Image
I played a lot of music all throughout my life, actually, but in high school I was in marching band and all… — Kirsten Lepore Copy Share Image
“There is too much singing and dancing, such lightness as loosens the restraints of virtue,' she complained, her white curls quivering. 'When… — Lisa Klein Copy Share Image
Music is made to be heard, whether you hear it in concert, you hear it on the radio, or you hear it… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
I don't know what happened. I just exploded. I'd never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple,… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
Surveys of thousands of gamers have shown that they're more likely to play real music if they play a music videogame. So… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
“His performance was also intensely visual, with his volatile movements in front of the piano, and his cries and wild vocal accompaniment… — Ian Carr Copy Share Image
Being on tour together and being constantly with the same few people means we now think the same things are funny, we… — Gym Class Heroes Copy Share Image
“Like one of his heroes, Tom Waits, whenever Yorke feels like his songwriting is getting too comfortable or stale, he’ll pick up… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
When I listen to a Coldplay record, you're gonna hear an indie band, and you know that's what you're gonna get from… — Labrinth Copy Share Image
These magic moments when rhythms and harmonies extend themselves and jell together and the people become another instrument. These things are priceless… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
I think something for us that we're always interested in is how people interpret the music or the band for themselves, and… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
There were two things I discovered when I toured with Snoop. One was that the band was all jazz musicians. The second… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
I might be a completely different kind of songwriter but I definitely think there are some things... I've taken pieces from different… — Mark Stoermer Copy Share Image
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