We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the first time I really felt the group… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
Basically we would go to places and we would see bands trying to sound like us opening up for us, 1-2-3-4 with… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I've heard stories of pickup bands that can't follow, but here's the thing: If you want to play with Chuck Berry, you… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I'm quite happy for my voice to be pushed up, whereas in the past I wanted it buried with the guitars, or… — Roddy Woomble Copy Share Image
I don't think it's important to be that good at singing. I think people who are good at singing sing backing vocals… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
On 'Sullivan,' you sang live. Not only that, you sang with a 40-piece band. So you had instruments that weren't even on… — Lesley Gore Copy Share Image
The danger with the internet is that you don't need to think about music, you just search for it and you find… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The tools are evolving, and people's interests are evolving as well. So, suddenly people like to hear bands, people like Devendra Banhart… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
There's a good sarcasm and a camaraderie that comes after being in a band. And we've known each other forever. We've never… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
“Sensuality is essentially the only instrument I know how to play (though yes, I do know how to play the keys), but… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess,… — Robert Blair Copy Share Image
We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands,… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
From George Martin's classically inspired production of the Beatles to Peter Gabriel's early solo masterpieces, to Stereolab's beautiful loops and blips, U.K.-based… — David Means Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians are super - insecure and they take forever and they obsess over the minutia and it's really stifling.… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
Practicing is not normally fun. Sometimes people say they're practicing, but they're really just enjoying themselves and the instrument. That's not real… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
We're not just R&B guys. We can do pop, rock, blues . . . a wide variety. We are musicians and play… — Damon Thomas Copy Share Image
I enjoy making music alone, and I like keeping my options open for how I release my own songs. But everybody in… — Daniel Rossen Copy Share Image
I never felt like that in my life. I didn't know human beings played these instruments. I heard them in Chicago and… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
For a long time religion made me feel guilty for being involved in music. Growing up, the religion I grew up in,… — Gary Panter Copy Share Image
We know how to work certain toys, and if you've got something in your head you know how to get in on… — Jez Williams Copy Share Image
Jeff Beck is compelled by his inner artistic drive to keep evolving the instrument. He'll use the whammy bar with the volume… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
We started the band when I was about 19 or 20. At that age, it would have been kind of hard to… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
It's like, how do you continue to make records that are representative of who you are that your fans will recognize as… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
I listen to all kinds of bands. I like rock music, like, male rock bands. I'm more into that instead of female… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
There have been times when I've feared for my own well-being in the great scheme of things because, historically, the track record… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of… — Socrates Copy Share Image
When you are busy with all the live shows and bands, world music and jazz music, it takes time to come back… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Bands are like relationships, you know. You are kind of in a relationship with a bunch of people at one time, but… — Ali Koehler Copy Share Image
Imagine someone so infatuated by a band that they have every different pressing of every album the band made. Most of the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“When the artist leaves a painting on a wall with the full confidence that the mastery of his skill, soul and vision… — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
I started just concentrating on songwriting when I was abut 20; I'd been in rock bands six or seven years, kinda got… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Our story is in two halves, as the band's career up to Freddie's death was 20 years, and 20 years later, our… — Roger Taylor Copy Share Image
I still do one song by myself onstage. it gives people the extremely personal thing where it's just me on guitar. But,… — Butterfly Boucher Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that people see there's two ways to do things. You can put a lot of money into a… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were… — Michael Davis Copy Share Image
We are firm believers that the first time somebody hears a brand new song from the band, it shouldn't be on a… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
There was a show in Germany called Beat Club, and they had a lot of bands playing live. And I had this… — Ottmar Liebert Copy Share Image
I like to use my voice as an instrument and just play along with the music. That's really how I tend to… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
