Obviously everybody knows that I'm an original songwriter and I got my band. And the guys in 'Sugar Money,' no matter what,… — Bo Bice Copy Share Image
I'd do a demo recording by myself, layering instruments on top of one another, and while that's fun, it doesn't have the… — Bernie Leadon Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
“Charlie smiled. ‘Actually, right now I feel like venting; maybe seeing how loud I can make the speakers in the gym and… — Trevor Barton Copy Share Image
I think all of us, at some point early on in our lives, knew that we wanted to create music. We are… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
Well sometimes I do not listen to music. But when I do it could range from Frank Sinatra to Copeland. I spend… — Tony MacAlpine Copy Share Image
Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When you think about choir music, that's a cappella. You have church choir that you would sing without any instrument. I think… — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
“Why must I do what is hardest?" "Because, Marion, you are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
We used to have quirky weird bands that made dance music like the Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode and I think… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I had no idea I would become a musician; I fell into it. First, I had a band called Fancypants Hoodlum. It… — Peaches Copy Share Image
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument.… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
Sometimes just allowing yourself to noodle without any structure will enable you to stumble upon great new ideas, culminating in creating your… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
In the early to mid-'90s, everywhere I turned, someone had died. It wasn't just people in bands. It was the people I… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
The artist is very lucky, because in an art form that's spontaneous like jazz, that's when you really see your true self.… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
“Ô, Muse of the Heart’s Passion, let me relive my Love’s memory, to remember her body, so brave and so free, and… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
“The novelist is like the conductor of an orchestra, his back to the audience, his face invisible, summoning the experience of music… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
I no longer sought skill, flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle tone, and quick responsiveness as means of imposing my will on the instrument,… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to make music on a big scale but never knew how it was going happen - until I… — Morten Harket Copy Share Image
I don't think we care anymore about what we're gonna do. We're just gonna be our own band and we're not gonna… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
The lesson there is that there's no hiding the sound of a band that is bored with its own music. Whatever it… — Steve Berlin Copy Share Image
I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
The piano is an instrument I've always loved and so I taught myself. As a rapper, who wants to produce more, being… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
There was a weird moment whereI was still a drummer, I always saw myself as a drummerand we got nominated for a… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
It's hard to get a start as an instrumental guitar player. It's a much quicker route to be in a band, so… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
I love performing with Jay, It's the third time we've done the song together live and it's always fun. It was an… — Eminem Copy Share Image
We are probably the most frustrating band to soundcheck because we always go off on jams and our sound-man is sitting there… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument -… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
When I was about 9, my brother, who's six years older than me, started getting guitar lessons, and I wouldn't say that… — Lewis Capaldi Copy Share Image
Now bands have to sing live, now people watch who sings on the record, now people want to hear the real music… — Rob Pilatus Copy Share Image
I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released… — Mrinalini Sarabhai Copy Share Image
Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who… — Kabir Copy Share Image
