You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them… — Mel Tillis Copy Share Image
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Now if I do anything it is to tune souls instead of instruments. To harmonize people instead of notes. If there is… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
In high school, we had a really great jazz program that I finally was able to be a part of. They only… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I finally got to junior high and I got to start saxophone. There were a few of us that were in the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
Music has always been a huge passion in my life. I've just had such success with my acting that it's really been… — Olivia d'Abo Copy Share Image
I remember when our first album came out. After one of our gigs, we went across the border to Mexico and the… — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
I love to play my music. That's what my heart wants me to do is to play music, and I love doing… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I'll be conducting the orchestra, but there will be some pieces that I'll be playing an instrument as… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
Man must speak, then sing, then dance. The speaking is the brain, the thinking man. The singing is the emotion. The dancing… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
For every great thing we did, there is a very public moment of falling on our faces. But everything that came through… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas without repressed envy… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
You can be in the band, you can go buy your own guitar strings at Guitar Center, you can go and do… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
There are bands that make parodies of being in a band, like Spinal Tap. That's a big influence. They're making fun of… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
“It's called a gui-tar. It's used to perform American rural music. It's said to be especially popular in Texas," he told her.… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
I think we are very musical people, so we take pride in singing hymns very well, and embracing learning different instruments and… — Koffee Copy Share Image
Your voice is not your instrument. Your voice is the character that you build, your innermost feelings, the things that you want… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
The problem with improvisation is, of course, that everyone just slips into their comfort zone and does sort of the easy thing… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
It's important to me that people feel connected to the band through the music, you know? I don't want it to be… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
One of the instruments that really stuck out to me was the talking drum, which is basically the first type of communication… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
Having a body that is like a musical instrument, open enough to be able to resonate, literally resonate with what is coming… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
I've always been in rock bands. I was in a rock band with my brother in high school. Then I was playing… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that 's why I let my band go right now.… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
I was 11 years old, and I had been playing classical piano for three years, and suddenly the guitar came and landed… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I really enjoy being with the people I play with. I enjoy their company. I love the crew, the band - we… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
When I started making films I just decided "I'm the filmmaking equivalent of a garage band and I'll just make my garage… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
As a drumset player I look outside the typical canon of drums - jazz and rock. When I hear something like the… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
Just because you have developed the craft on your instrument doesn't mean that you don't have the ability to be expressive emotionally… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
We don't go around the world counting ticket and record sales, nor do we glue our ears to the radio to hear… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
I think it's stripped down as far as electronics go, but we just wanted to write a record that we felt better… — Jason C. Miller Copy Share Image
That's the music that I play at home all the time, Joni Mitchell. Court and Spark I love because I'd always hoped… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
People want more real artistes. They want girls who can actually sing and play an instrument and write their own songs -… — Marion Raven Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint,… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music.… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
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