Music making Quotes · Page 84

My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I…

— Alice Dellal

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

— Dusty Hill

I would be happy to produce groups, like John Cale - he was in the Velvet Underground, and then he went on…

— Stephen Malkmus

The thing about this band is that every member of the band is a song-writer so that takes some of the pressure…

— Joey Jordison

I picked up the bass kind of postpunk-style. There's a real art to not learning how to play an instrument and being…

— Kim Gordon

I guess we share some traits with different boy bands. But we are boys in a band.

— Calum Hood

I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to…

— Yul Vazquez

I'm in the Dance Band on the Titanic Singing "Nearer my God to thee" and the icebergs on the starboard bow Won't…

— Harry Chapin

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but…

— Bryan Adams

But it's been funny to try and carry the through line, but I think the main thing is the relationship that the…

— Alison Pill

In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be…

— William Christopher Handy

There's so much more subtlety to this new recording. There's a subtlety in the playing. There's also a subtlety in the way…

— Jason Molina

I stick to playing Brahms, but I love listening to Led Zeppelin, and I've also been a big fan of Earth Wind…

— Condoleezza Rice

The thing is, there are so many different ways to make music these days with virtual instruments, software applications, physical instruments, and…

— Mike Shinoda

There was a band very early on in our class, and I played in that band and as a teenager, I continued.…

— Agnes Obel

My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember…

— Kevin Bacon

I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to…

— Tommy Bolin

I'm not the hugest fan of pop music and electro music, which is why 'The Inevitable Album' was entirely live instruments.

— Jinkx Monsoon

That's when I'm at my rawest. When I'm performing with the band. It's just like the groove is going, whether we're fast…

— Craig Robinson

I'm not going to do an album. There's enough horrible drag queens singing - especially when they do that spoken word over…

— Bianca Del Rio

“This is the way of long and empty roads: nearly forgotten things surface and singing voices improve.”

— Elizabeth Hay

The reason I can play loads of instruments is because I kept giving up and trying another one.

— Lapsley

What's the last thing a drummer says in a band: Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?

— Dave Grohl

I feel bad singing music that my children won't like. But I like listening to that music myself! It's a problem.

— Ozuna

Have to stay together, can't switch band, but you can have a boyfriend, have to get a boyfriend..!!!

— Kim Kyu-jong

“I believe men belong in the garage, because that’s where the dog food is stored. And the band is kept there. Auditions…

— Jarod Kintz

My solo music started as a way to really look inwards, and to spend time completely by myself with an instrument, without…

— Hildur Gudnadottir

The best bands kept making records and had this evolution, where by the end, by their commercial phase or sellout phase, the…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

If I put too many instruments on stage it will become crowded just like Bangalore traffic!

— Trilok Gurtu

I am an actor who sings off screen for another actor. That is what playback singing is all about.

— Kishore Kumar

Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.

— Steve Vai

Every now and then, a lot of bands doing the same kind of music will organically sprout up at once.

— Kathy Valentine

You have certain songs that bands make that just don't go away. We were blessed with that, and it was 'All Star.'

— Steve Harwell

The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.

— George Washington

Of course, music is an art form, and it's not all that competitive. But we don't ever intend to be the second-best…

— Tom Morello

I really want to work on a record of mine and I'm just getting inspiration from different sources like one of my…

— Chris Johnson

Unfortunately, I can't sing or play any instruments. But, I love Collective Soul. They've got some good music.

— Chase Elliott

When you hear a band and you know it's them, then you've achieved something. For instance, The Beatles. You know it's them.

— Marky Ramone

I love singing, and whenever I can sing some more vocal leads, I always covet the chance.

— Nancy Wilson

I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the…

— Shannon Hoon