Music making Quotes · Page 75

Singer smoke it and players of instruments too. Legalize it, yeah, yeah. That's the best thing you can do.

— Peter Tosh

It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

Writing from a personal experience can bring about this emotion and power of emotion that can be instantly connected to the instrument,…

— Gregory Porter

“I play the only instrument that takes in music rather than propelling it out: the ear trumpet. Don’t bother snickering at me—I…

— Jarod Kintz

I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with…

— Kaki King

I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead

— John Frusciante

There are so many bands I am starting to see: Waterparks, Potty Mouth - they're all garage bands that started in the…

— Benji Madden

In my solo work on my own albums, I have used voice synthesizers and vocoders quite a lot in connection with orchestral…

— Johann Johannsson

“It never was about the musician or the instrument - it was about the laser notes in a hall of mirrors, the…

— G.J. Paterson

When I got sick this past summer, I couldn't - my mind just wasn't on music. The rest of the band understood.…

— Sharon Jones

I've always been obsessed with drums. They fascinate me. Any other instrument - nothing. I play acoustic guitar a bit. But it's…

— John Bonham

Going to the Sahara Desert and meeting the Touareg band Tinariwen was a life-changing experience. All through that time, I have just…

— Justin Adams

Even if nobody's singing, just when you talk, you're singing. I'll meet somebody and say, "Oh, I'm tone-deaf." I say, "You're not…

— Wynton Marsalis

I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influenced by and that I love…

— Regina Spektor

I've been making electronic music for twenty some odd years but, because I grew up playing in punk rock bands, when I…

— Moby

It's so much fun to have vocal groups out on the road because we get to see them do their thing, and…

— Jay DeMarcus

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

— Sabrina Carpenter

S you know touring is our life, Getting in front of you guys and playing keeps this band Alive.

— Joey Jordison

When you write on the road, you are restricted to the instruments around you, whereas in the studio, you can plug anything…

— Ted Dwane

I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn't really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked…

— Brendon Urie

Band director: Tromboners, remember to be in the right position. Trumpeters, finger fast and blow hard.

— Alec Straub

I feel like the type of music I'm making and who I am, people expect me to do well, but not be…

— AJ Tracey

I've gotta be the only father begging his son to leave a six-figure job to go play in a rock n' roll…

— Butch Trucks

It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have.

— Mick Taylor

So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.

— Billy Sherwood

We are not the band. I am me. Ralf is Ralf. And Kraftwerk is a vehicle for our ideas.

— Florian Schneider

The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.

— Washed Out

When we came up, groups and bands and performers were interested in being their own thing. They wanted to make sure that…

— Philip Bailey

No rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments.

— Nicholas Meyer

We had musical instruments at home, so when I wasn't in school, I would sing and write all the time.

— Griff

I like actual songs and bands, but it's usually parts, like the production, the bassline, the drums, that I'm really attracted to.

— Sue Tompkins

I'm Mexican, and we do a lot of singing, and it was my brother's guitar that I'd practice on, and he would…

— Sixto Rodriguez

For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And…

— Christina Rossetti

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

— Don Henley

I do the best I can with any instrument I get attracted to. But they're just tools in order for you to…

— John Mayall

“The guitar breathed. It inhaled and exhaled, and music filled the shop as the instrument picked the heartbreak of generations.”

— Brenda Sutton Rose

I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.

— Eddie Floyd

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

— Dave Grohl

So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to…

— Smokey Robinson

We always record with the whole band. That's key to capturing the feel, especially trying to get a good basic track.

— Rick Nielsen