I always hated watching bands: the guy would break a string or be out of tune, and I have perfect pitch, so… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being… — James Iha Copy Share Image
If your whole world of a band or music is taking place in a digital realm or on technological devices, it's all… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
When I was a little bitty kid, I was listening to the stuff my parents were listening to. My mom was a… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
Singing and dancing will never grow old for me - I'd like to do that until I'm... actually, I think I'd like… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We… — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
I think that today, in Europe at least, people don't tend to think so much about the instrument that is producing the… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I don't want to hear from a band that pretty much sounds like another band. Oh I've heared this riff before, or… — Gordon Raphael Copy Share Image
My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I got into television because I hated it so. I thought, there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
I think when you leave a band in any situation that you are a part of.. I mean, when I was with… — Francis Dunnery Copy Share Image
“Neither in environment nor in heredity can I find the exact instrument that fashioned me, the anonymous roller that pressed upon my… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That's usually where a lot of disagreements come. It's four guys… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
“LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you; he will quiet you… — Nancy Grisham Copy Share Image
I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
I think it’s really important, and it’s a lesson I didn’t learn until my late teens: Whatever bands that you love, go… — Brad Wilk Copy Share Image
I've been interested in hip-hop since it first appeared: the fact that it was born not in the music industry but on… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them… — Kathy Mattea Copy Share Image
The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies,… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
Well actually I'm not a man but a carrot. The band was eating salads one day and a carrot fell off of… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
What is it that makes you want to write songs? In a way you want to stretch yourself into other people’s hearts.… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
If you're trying to get a lot of money and attention and cars and just stuff like that, being in a band… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has… — Moby Copy Share Image
When I called 'Cut 4 Me' a mixtape, I was thinking about a few elements: One is used instrumentals. The project is… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I've always chosen all my own material; no one ever told me what to sing or how to sing it, but I've… — Jane Monheit Copy Share Image
It's just music. It's trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes. The beat in a bop band is with… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to… — James Iha Copy Share Image
“Did you see that band out there? They weren't reading music. You know, if you can play without music, pretty soon you're… — Kalamu ya Salaam Copy Share Image
I think some of my inspiration came from just being around music. My family was into music. My uncle had his own… — Nelly Copy Share Image
Also there's two sides of it, I mean, a band like us, at our level and the way we have to promote… — Kenny Hickey Copy Share Image
We've always said we're a HEAVY METAL band. We've kinda branched out here and there - we've done a rap thing, we've… — Charlie Benante Copy Share Image
Electronic technology has been a part of music making and music listening for a century. We always treat it like it's new,… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I conceived of a concept, a project, a band. The Tide. The Tide, acting as a sonic exemplar of flow and fluidity.… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
Anyone can pick up an instrument if they want to express themselves or write a song and put it on YouTube. It's… — Dalip Tahil Copy Share Image
