Music making Quotes · Page 18

When I sing, I feel calm.

— Domino Kirke

I was never in any band, technically.

— Elias

I'm writing songs that I want to sing.

— Jon Pardi

I have my own studio that I sing in.

— Hope Sandoval

I was in bands and things like that.

— Paul Whitehouse

I opted out of the band.

— Lou Gramm

If you feel like singing along, don't.

— James Taylor

My voice is an instrument.

— David Coverdale

The best thing about this band is I'm the leader!

— Keith Emerson

Singing you raise me up while riding on the escaltor;) xx

— Author Name

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

— David Byrne

Gamelan instruments are exotic and mysterious.

— James Newton Howard

“How could you be sad, when you can sing?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

We want to do songs that people don't normally hear in cover bands.

— Tom Sandoval

Your body is your instrument, you play it expertly.

— Roseanne Barr

A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.

— Glenn Miller

I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.

— Ric Ocasek

My father was a steelworker who'd come over from Abruzzi, in Italy. He played in the band and he encouraged me to…

— Henry Mancini

For about three years I was playing clubs and theatres, I had a band, and I made a recording a few years…

— Laura Nyro

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I…

— Pixie Lott

When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.

— Janis Joplin

With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.

— Bruce Dickinson

Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.

— Jerry Cantrell

I learned to play instruments and I've been in bands since I was 13, but I wanted to be an artist and…

— The-Dream

My intention always has been to arrive at human contact without enforcing authority. A musician, after all, is not a mili- tary…

— Carlo Maria Giulini

I've always been interested in singing. My sister's a fantastic singer, and it's just something that's always been around. I play saxophone…

— Charlie Rowe

I literally came out of high school thinking that I was going to do something in the sports world because I grew…

— Dean Geyer

The fun image is what we project onstage, because our music is dance music. But it's not what the group is about…

— Gina Schock

My school had the dopest arts program - the dopest show choir, the dopest marching band. I couldn't sing or play an…

— Brian Tyree Henry

Some bands today have the experience of really working together and honing their craft. And other bands are very much like, 'I…

— Robbie Robertson

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to…

— Eric Clapton

Touring is hard. It's really hard on the singer, especially, because your body is your instrument and you have to be so…

— Gloria Estefan

Singing gives me a lot of energy.

— Tove Lo

Anybody that walks can sing.

— Michael Stipe

Singing was always my love.

— Jaya Prada

Sing me a song, you're a singer.

— Ronnie James Dio

The chemistry is everything in a band.

— Michael Anthony

We play the instruments we love.

— Winston Marshall

My body is an instrument for me to use.

— Emmanuelle Beart

I was singing before I could talk.

— Shelby Lynne