Music making Quotes · Page 55

With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.

— Adam Jones

Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing.

— Anonymous

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

— Mike Campbell

It feels good to sing. Everybody should sing!

— Alia Shawkat

What I've always lacked is a really strong band to back me up

— Mick Taylor

God gave me the gift to be able to play instruments and I have to play.

— Lenny Kravitz

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

— Lenny Kravitz

“I'm cool either way, I just need to know which instrument to pull out.”

— S.C. Stephens

I used to struggle a little bit with the idea of how to separate singing from acting and entertaining.

— Dan Bejar

“Before, singing was my life, my vocal chords used to lead the way. Now, I'm in-charge.”

— Celine Dion

Dear all the band members I love, Please be careful because you mean so much to me and the band would never…

— Anonymous

Of all musical instruments the human voice is the most beautiful, for it is made by God.

— Shusha Guppy

Me and my family used to have a Christian covers band together... like rock Christian music, upbeat, all in Indonesian. The band…

— Rich Brian

Growing up, watching pop music icons, I never saw a solo artist whose main instrument was drums.

— G Flip

A lot of bands have to change what they sound like, but we are exactly the band that we want to be:…

— Luke Hemmings

You know, we love what we do, man, and I don't want to be one of those bands that we write an…

— Ivan Moody

Spending eight to ten hours every single day practicing the instrument, starting from an early age, makes an instrumentalist spend his/her lifetime…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill…

— Anonymous

Kids don't want to hear the same record. There are a hundred million bands that they could listen to; you want to…

— Chad Gilbert

I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don't find that helps when it…

— Jay Kay

There are plenty of actors who've caught the singing bug and vice versa, but with musical performers, you're constantly a persona -…

— Freddie Stroma

I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous…

— Daniel Alarcon

Bacharach has such a brilliant ear for melody and his music has a completely timeless feel to it; I thought it would…

— Michael Ball

It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to…

— James Iha

Handcrafted friendship Band made by myself for my friend.

— Bilal

All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.

— Adam Jones

We want to be considered a band, like Maroon 5 or Coldplay.

— Kevin Olusola

As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band.

— Steven Tyler

The guitar is the coolest instrument in the world.

— Steve Vai

Singing was a liberating experience for me.

— Meghana Raj

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.

— Emmylou Harris

Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.

— Lesley Garrett

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

— Phil Ehart

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

— Ed Sheeran

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

— Ed O'Brien

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

I make sure I sing a cappella to let people know I can sing.

— T-Pain

I always wanted to make music but I cannot play any instrument.

— Udo Kier