All my real heroes made instrumental albums. All my own career has been spent playing in bands, but I never forgot that… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
To begin with, the key principle of American indie rock wasn't a circumscribed musical style; it was the punk ethos of DIY,… — Michael Azerrad Copy Share Image
What I am doing is making songs that I like that I think sounds like other songs that I like. I'm really… — Dylan Baldi Copy Share Image
I was in bands all through my youth. Things started out more acoustic and then piano ballads. Then R&B followed by sappy… — Lights Copy Share Image
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The thing about a music career is that it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
I do go back and listen to my songs. I'm biting my fingernails the whole way through, but I do listen. I… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“A good rock band is like a great lover. Their rhythms simultaneously jolt and calm you. They know when and where to… — Tom Leveen Copy Share Image
I now understood the secret of music and knew what makes it so infinitely superior to all the other arts: its incorporeality.… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
When the sexes differ in beauty, in the power of singing, or in producing what I have called instrumental music, it is… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The music is at this weird intersection of dance music and indie music. It's not quite dancey enough to do a full-blown… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
When a band first comes along, they should be confusing and doing something people don't accept. You don't want the first reaction… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
In music, I don't think there's any need to be an all-rounder and do everything yourself. Play to your strengths, and do… — Sophie Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was very young and going to the Fillmore East and watching three of my favorite bands in one… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
I somehow always found the right people on my own to jam with as well as playing with all my buddies. I… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I think there are very few invisible musical instrument players out there who can claim the chops and sheer perseverance of Björn… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
My father's a musician and my mother's a singer. My dad's originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I've… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm looking forward to some more solo acoustic dates. That's a lot of fun for me, because I get to be alone… — Bob Weir Copy Share Image
Our band Stereophonics never wanted to release a couple records and be the biggest band in the world for 10 minutes. We… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
For me, it's more about the musicianship - focusing on the guitar, playing with my band, rather than just going out and… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Becoming a musician is a strange thing. It's not all cupcakes and ice cream. You're trying to master an instrument, and you… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent. Therefore I keep reaching for instruments… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
It's all a progression towards hopefully one day making a record that can be the definitive you can offer. Some bands come… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, well, neither do I. I… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice,… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Lazy Line Painter Jane - it was an insane way to make a record! It was just in a church hall, no… — Stevie Jackson Copy Share Image
I played with a few local bands in the West Country, where I grew up, but when I was 18, I moved… — Roger Taylor Copy Share Image
There are a lot of cases where I'm using, if not an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar more as a rhythm instrument.… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
“I sometimes wonder how many hours of my life I have wasted bitching about keyboards. The use of keyboards and synthesizers is… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
It's something I've always been passionate about - which is the power of rock and roll itself. I'm a walking example of… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
I really enjoy navigating the business aspect of having a band, and there is a great amount of instinct. You don't wanna… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I did exactly what I wanted to do. It was always my intention to put a band together and be a band… — Chris Daughtry Copy Share Image
Don't be lazy. Learn your instrument and the kids should be learning that stuff. We have to get back to the musicianship… — Warryn Campbell Copy Share Image
“Keith Jarrett’s achievements and contribution are immense and unique and it is primarily the fact that he cannot be pigeonholed which has… — Ian Carr Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a singer, but I play. I write music too, but it's all coming from the same source. I have never… — Erik Hassle Copy Share Image
