Music making Quotes · Page 52

All bands are in danger of losing their identity. Constantly.

— Alex Scally

Musically, I feel like the band was always my outlet.

— Tom Fletcher

Whenever I sing a song, I just want it to reach out to the audience.

— Javed Ali

I wanted to be in a rock band. That's all I ever wanted to do.

— Cree Summer

It's good to see more young people playing instruments.

— Ry Cooder

We just have to readapt to the industry, just like every other band.

— Steve Harwell

“Ring!" he shrieked at the vapid instrument.”

— Barry Hannah

The ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together...

— Nicholas Sparks

In the beginning, we were a real good, straight rock 'n' roll band. We were writing quality tunes.

— Eric Carmen

“The lights flickered. The bands laid down their instruments and the crowds made quiety for the door.”

— Amor Towles

Writing was something I always did but that turned into singing and rapping. That something that came out of my writing.

— Dreezy

If being in a band was my job, then I would quit. This is not a good job. A good job is…

— James Murphy

Gibson ES 125 was a real instrument, this was in 1956. I started learning; I had a vision of a sound.

— Steve Young

Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and Im always going to want to do it.

— Naturi Naughton

I've always been known for writing lyrics or being in a band but not necessarily for 'Oh, I love that guy's voice!'

— Matthew Koma

You leave school, work terrible jobs to pay rent, and that's when you start finding your way in music and forming bands.

— Ted Dwane

There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who…

— Jello Biafra

There are some people who do great stuff singing and playing fiddle at the same time and doing that kind of arrangement.…

— Sam Amidon

What happens is, especially when I was writing for my band, Creedence, and it's the way I write now, I go into…

— John Fogerty

I thought that I wouldn't be able to make it because I'm a girl, but I think it was just a subconscious…

— Soccer Mommy

When we began to tour, no one expected me to be a part of the band, so I used that as a…

— Lzzy Hale

Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play…

— Nikki Sixx

I think people forget even though we were labelled a synth band because of 'The Hurting,' but keyboards are not our native…

— Curt Smith

Doesn't every band sort of appropriate their influences into what they do? I guess that would be my defence: if you're making…

— Panda Bear

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

— Jeff Tweedy

Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education.

— Plato

I can't remember when I didn't have an instrument around.

— Marty Stuart

My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.

— Kapil Sibal

The guitar is the coolest instrument in the world.

— Steve Vai

Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.

— Lesley Garrett

Singing was a liberating experience for me.

— Meghana Raj

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.

— Emmylou Harris

If you're learning a new instrument, have fun.

— Phil Ehart

We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.

— Ed O'Brien

“You are the earth that I will stand upon. You are the words that I will sing.”

— Ed Sheeran

I don't want to sing, you know: 'oh yeah, I love you baby, you love me too.'

— Lara Fabian

It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

— Anonymous

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

— Herb Alpert

It feels good to sing. Everybody should sing!

— Alia Shawkat

I never wanted to be a solo artist. I always wanted to be in a band.

— Mike Campbell