Music making Quotes · Page 79

I like to go to concerts because I love to see my favorite band through the phone of the asshole who's standing…

— Demetri Martin

My dad had a cover band. They would rehearse in my living room while my mom was pregnant.

— Gabriella Wilson

I always loved bands who would try to change their sound radically album to album, experiment in one album and revert back…

— Bo Burnham

My first instrument is piano, I play some piano and guitar. So my solo music is more like real singer/songwriter type stuff.

— Nikki Jean

If I was in charge, I'd keep doing The Go-Go's forever, but it's a band, so everyone has their say.

— Jane Wiedlin

We do a big business with our midsized-venue model. We don't need bands to be on the top-ten charts to make money.

— Michael Rapino

When I play with my band around the U.S.A., the most requested song is 'Peace Frog.'

— Robby Krieger

I used to be locked up in my bedroom for hours, just listening to music, making some of my own, doodling and…

— Ananya Birla

I went to a boarding school when I was 13, and it was a very arty school, so there was an opportunity…

— Teddy Thompson

I just kind of thought about doing this my whole life. I never doubted myself once. I've always been singing, and I've…

— Bert McCracken

Being involved with BABYMETAL has allowed me to acquire more chances to really become involved with music. As a result, I find…

— Moa Kikuchi

My drum parts are a song within the song; that's the way I look at writing my drum parts. They follow patterns,…

— Vinnie Paul

I was a Green Day guy because the first DVD I bought was Green Day's 'Bullet In A Bible,' the live album.…

— Ashton Irwin

I really think music in school is vital. Some pivotal moments in my life were my childhood scholastic experiences with music -…

— Dave Smalley

“He was woken by music. It beckoned him, lilting and insistent; delicate music, played by delicate instruments that he could not identify,…

— Susan Cooper

Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent.…

— Barack Obama

Music expresses what cannot be put into words I like to think, and I think the band makes a good go at…

— Steven Tyler

It's what I love to do. I love being busy. I love singing, so I don't really see it as being busy…

— Eric Ginn

I just want to be a part of a band that will be able to reinvent themselves, you know.

— Arnel Pineda

I love being on the road and I love my band, but also need to be with my kids more and I…

— Rhiannon Giddens

When I sing, I want people to think only about the tenor and only about the music.

— Jose Carreras

All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings.

— Martin Gore

When I'm singing, I'm happy. I'm doing what I can do and this is my contribution to life.

— Anita O'Day

Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing, for to miss the joy is to miss all.

— Robert Louis Steveson

On playing guitar: I can play piano by ear, and some guitar. But I definitely havent mastered either instrument. I do it…

— Ashley Tisdale

Ever since I was a little kid, my ears and my hands would talk to each other very well, so I could…

— Jack Garratt

How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)

— Robert Ludlum

I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

It's always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That's always been, and always will…

— Judith Hill

Most of the bands that come out of L.A. now have singers that all sound like Daffy Duck.

— Gary Moore

We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so…

— Jim Root

People who come up to me are drummers or fans of the band. I don't get it too much, but I'll be…

— Chad Smith

The body is like a piano, and happiness is like music. It is needful to have the instrument in good order.

— Henry Ward Beecher

'The Unity Band' project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything…

— Pat Metheny

What makes us so different from anything else is we're a rock band with a boy band fanbase.

— Luke Hemmings

“Band geeks are the original,” I explain. “Orchestra dorks are simply copying our amazingly uncool status.”

— Sarah Tregay

When I was in high school, if my favorite band got too popular, I'd watch carefully.

— Mike Shinoda

I've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.

— Jane Lynch

When I moved to New York, I had to let my band know that I couldn't play anymore, and that was difficult…

— Oscar Isaac

So alone, just me and an instrumental. They say my music ain't normal, must be something up with my mental.

— Kid Cudi