You're in for a live band. That's really what I wanted; I wanted to put on a show for people where they… — King Princess Copy Share Image
I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Learning to play old instruments was a challenge. How do you learn an instrument no one has played in hundreds of years?… — Einar Selvik Copy Share Image
What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs. For John and Paul, songwriting is pretty important and guitar… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
Being in a band, a lot of times people think of what you're doing in terms of a competition. They talk about… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time, and not be discouraged… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
You can sing if you have a great voice, but to connect that instrument to the text and connect it to the… — Marc E. Platt Copy Share Image
What is the impulse that drove to direct? To me, it seems so immense. Just having a rock 'n' roll band, or… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In L.A., we played rock venues because we had a band, which hip-hop venues couldn't accommodate. And within that, we created a… — Taboo Copy Share Image
I was in orchestra in high school, but I really started when a friend of mine who's a drummer showed me some… — Carla Azar Copy Share Image
After watching a couple of live performances of bands like Nirvana, I was really excited and inspired by how raw and powerful… — Panda Bear Copy Share Image
The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Lots of the bands [in New Orleans] couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead -… — Danny Barker Copy Share Image
I think…to give. In the best way I can, through song and through dance and through music. I mean, I am committed… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
For music, I always just played music myself - and, I had rock bands and wrote songs and put bands together that… — Michael Cerveris Copy Share Image
I used to have a musical group with a girlfriend called The Thunderclouds. It was like a Beach Boys cover band. And… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I worked in corrections because they had told me I wasn't going to make it in the music business. You know, when… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
After graduating college in 2010, I got to work - writing and co-writing all the time, playing and touring in bands, playing… — Natalie Prass Copy Share Image
Initially, when I was making the bagpipes and reed instruments, it was different from the other instruments. In terms of sound itself,… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word.… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press?… — Holly Johnson Copy Share Image
Like many musicians, I can hear the weight in the sound. Sound is matter. We speak of the colour of an instrument,… — Laurence Equilbey Copy Share Image
When I'm making my music, I'm writing it, I'm producing it, I'm playing all the instruments, I'm performing. It's my own world… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
It's quite a trick to use three instruments to tell the story of two people, but Vores carried it off; three, for… — Richard Dyer Copy Share Image
In the UK, tons of records are now sold in grocery stores, because there are no record stores - it's iTunes or… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Slider is the kind of band I would be a fan of if I played in it or not. It's something I'll… — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
I stick to playing Brahms, but I love listening to Led Zeppelin, and I've also been a big fan of Earth Wind… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
There's so much more subtlety to this new recording. There's a subtlety in the playing. There's also a subtlety in the way… — Jason Molina Copy Share Image
But it's been funny to try and carry the through line, but I think the main thing is the relationship that the… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be… — William Christopher Handy Copy Share Image
I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
I feel some allegiance to pushing electric-guitar music into a different realm, somewhere that isn't retrospective. There's a lot of guitar bands… — Jamie Hince Copy Share Image
I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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