I have recorded with a 60-piece orchestra, and it gives me satisfaction to have done an album entirely with acoustic instruments. — Santhosh Narayanan Copy Share Image
I started playing the drums at five years old and used to listen to a lot of screamo bands like Asking Alexandria,… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
I've always loved singing, and wanted to do musicals. Watching them as a child was what convinced me that I wanted to… — Rebbie Jackson Copy Share Image
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately. — David Johansen Copy Share Image
The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
I'm very creative - making music, making puppets, that's my thing - but mainstream success and the demands that brings? No, not… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
When we started off, we weren't even thinking of being a global band. We just ended up becoming that. — Steve Harris Copy Share Image
Write great songs that sound amazing if sung and played on the piano or acoustic guitar. Always encourage sing-alongs! Be prolific! Say… — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
We've been through the experience of being in high school and starting a band. Then we were also a garage band, while… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
I realised how rarely women are involved in all aspects of the music making, how rarely I've worked with female engineers. That… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
If you're in a successful band, you tend to fall into a role. But I'm not remotely laddish. I'm a grown-up. I'm… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
For the people that don't know it, we've had members come and go from this band since the beginning. It's always been… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
“The band is playing Auld Lang Syne But the heart will not retreat There's no forsaking what you love No existential leap… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Through singing, I met my second husband, Jonathan, who is a professional musician. He transformed our lives and relieved me of much… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that… — Bob Geldof Copy Share Image
What I love about having a 10-person band is you don't have to go there and just be there for me. You… — Tom Sandoval Copy Share Image
Singing still brings me tremendous joy, the reception you get and you never know what people are going to share with you… — Lee Greenwood Copy Share Image
I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
Singing is also like acting, since I memorize my lines, and I sing with emotions, too. — Lee Min-ho Copy Share Image
I went from the most underground band in the world to signing with Madonna's producer and a record label that is extremely… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
There's something fundamental to the harp that has retained its appeal my whole life. It's an instrument I am just in love… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
Singing soothes me. It is something that I have always been doing and will continue to do. — Ammy Virk Copy Share Image
“Anything with drums, bass, and guitars is under the pop umbrella. We'll continue to try new sounds as long as we're a… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards. — Caroline Corr Copy Share Image
Like when I'm singing live I can't hear myself. I'm just listening to the rest of the band. To listen to my… — Sia Furler Copy Share Image
A song is a short composition for voice and instruments. It is a piece of sung poetry set to music. It is… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
The awkward moment when your singing with you headphones in and not realising how loud you are. — Cyvin Jay Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a singer; I usually end up singing when I can't find anyone better to sing, or… — Moby Copy Share Image
Whatever we do as a band, none of us can do as individuals. We all know that, whatever we have gone through… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
“My words are like a musical instrument, softly & seductively playing under the moonlight as they penetrate the depths of your loins!” — Rokk-I La' VON Copy Share Image
Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it? — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
I'm not into bands for the sake of being into bands. I've grown past that. There was a time in my life… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
I must have a good chemistry to play because I play every day with the same people. It has to be there.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Rock and ambient music might as well reside on opposite sides of the galaxy, so it's almost shocking when a band like… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Cantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves." (s. 336, 1 – PL 38, 1472). — Anonymous Copy Share Image
