Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it; I wanted… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
I believe that music is about making quality things, making quality art, and no matter who you decide to work with, you… — Common Copy Share Image
I come from an old school of thought where there are musicians on stage, in the house, sitting and jamming to create… — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
Some musicians make and record music; other musicians play in a band... I just make and record music, and I don't feel… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
We get along, we talk music.Lenny Kravitz took me to Harlem to see this little jazz show in the back of a… — Penn Dayton Badgley Copy Share Image
Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, we were all a hundred and ten percent about the music, from the very early days when we… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
“And now above and beyond the birds' song, Andy hears a more distant singing, whether of voices or instruments, sounds or words,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
We like the ambiance and atmosphere, and we felt really early that... I mean, of course, Air is an electronic band, but… — Jean-Benoit Dunckel Copy Share Image
It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing… — Joey Reiman Copy Share Image
When you're onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it's very artificial. You can't really hear your own… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I've done so many albums where… — Beck Copy Share Image
Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith… — Charlie Watts Copy Share Image
I am trying to make some kind of connection to what is going on in the world, to make some sort of… — Leon Golub Copy Share Image
I don't really think of these as projects. I think of them as bands. I have tried to not just convene a… — Dave Douglas Copy Share Image
“Love and cherish your ability to play an instrument; and give it your best. Not everyone is so lucky as you are.… — Mr. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I feel like that for the next album, we're going to know what we're doing for each song even more than what… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
As a conscientious objector I did my community service in 1971 in a psychiatric hospital and a friend there, who also was… — Michael Rother Copy Share Image
The time I like listening to music most on headphones is, I have a game I play with my brother, he's a… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
New Amsterdam Records, a new label run by composers, has begun documenting this hybrid music, with invigorating discs by the band itsnotyouitsme… — Allan Kozinn Copy Share Image
When I produce other people, that's the thing I can do well because I've been in a band, and I can play… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
I started writing songs in high school and always wanted to have a band, and eventually my creative endeavors developed into Theocracy.… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
There's a need for music that has urgency and emotional honesty. That's why people are reintroducing themselves to guitar music - that… — Mura Masa Copy Share Image
I'm used to coming up with a lot of parts. And I don't have to do that so much [with Divine Fits].… — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
People think that once a band is 'big' that they make a ton of money, but that's not true. It's hard to… — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
“When you move on to the chosen instrument, be it paddle, belt, or whatever, don't be afraid to give them fifteen to… — Rebecca Lawson Copy Share Image
Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I'm very close to a lot of people from my time in the band, like our hair and make-up people and the… — Nadine Coyle Copy Share Image
Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of… — James Hogg Copy Share Image
Music is made of what we do when we move, and we can only move in certain ways, in certain ranges of… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
Music making features real-time creation, real-time decisions and actions. It's basically improvisation, which is the stuff of everyday life. In the realm… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or… — Bono Copy Share Image
I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a… — Zedd Copy Share Image
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