Music making Quotes · Page 93

“He had learned to play his instrument with the same joyless precision that barefoot waifs exercised in stoking the coal fires of…

— Glen David Gold

My mother gave me a choice. She said, 'Would you like to take singing lessons or piano.' I'm glad I chose piano.

— McCoy Tyner

We were put together by the public, they voted for us to be in the band. So we were very much the…

— Nicola Roberts

“Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you…

— E.M. Forster

“You can’t become a famous garage band if you never perform outside your garage. That’s why my band plays in my driveway.”

— Jarod Kintz

To put my name on a track as a solo artist was a big deal to me. There was no band to…

— Nita Strauss

There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.

— Bill Frisell

I think I like singing when I'm singing live. It's just in the studio when it's a drag.

— Cass McCombs

“JULY 20. I've just walked into the opera house. I have no programme. Strange new players are premiering a piece by a…

— Erich Hoyt

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

There's a lot of terms we come up with for the music that we're making because we want something that's going to…

— Black Thought

In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer.…

— Nellie McKay

Playback singing is fun and good money. But it's no big art really; only the film and record people glorify it with…

— Kishore Kumar

We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are…

— Steve Albini

I like to keep experimenting - singing, dancing, acting. I want to learn an instrument, dive. I want to do everything. I…

— Mithila Palkar

Coming from my bedroom in San Antonio to this big world and going from singing covers off my laptop to making music…

— Austin Mahone

I love bands like the Arctic Monkeys and The Smiths, and I'm working on my own music.

— Peyton List

Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.

— Taylor Swift

Rock bands are a lot like us. They have to go to the arenas early for rehearsal.

— Kelly Kelly

I was in a band called Groove Solution. Because there was a groove crisis, and we solved it.

— Julian Barratt

I was feeling really restless in my hard-rock band. I wanted to learn more about storytelling in music, and that's what country…

— Lindsey Haun

I was in higher secondary when I participated in 'Indian Idol.' I was also learning singing at the Suresh Wadekar Institute.

— Rahul Vaidya

I'm not one of those people who sits around knowing all bands and going to gigs all the time.

— Nicholas Hoult

For a rock band, I didn't see the point in live albums. To my mind, you've got to be there.

— Ian Gillan

I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing, it's not, really. It's pretending that it's a…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

It's a very different feeling just sitting around the side, playing piano, and dancing around as opposed to standing in front and…

— Jonathan Meiburg

“Always be the worst guy in every band you’re in. - so you can learn. The people around you affect your performance.…

— Chad Fowler

I think it's important to learn instruments, whenever one has a little space. Be eager to learn and love your instrument.

— Nneka

I generally use a lot of analog instruments, a few synths from the '80s like the Roland Juno-106, and an old Fender…

— Gus Dapperton

Getting worried there might not be enough talent in America to acommodate all these singing shows.

— Natasha Leggero

We're working out, watching Netflix and learning to play instruments. I think we're doing a lot of self-development, and also just trying…

— J-Hope

When we edit the music, I always remember, "It's my band. Save me a place to play."

— Miles Davis

My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.

— Anonymous

By the time I was 17, I was in a band, writing songs and playing solo piano at weekends, in pubs or…

— Chesney Hawkes

Singing is a form of meditation... apparently the only one that I have command over.

— Brandi Carlile

I started singing in my first band in 1992 so I'm coming up to 20 years in this business. That's a long time.

— Darren Hayes

If I'd thought, "I can't really play this instrument," I wouldn't have done it! But I didn't care, you know. I didn't…

— David Toop

I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well…

— Randy Newman

A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. It's not always the best people you need,…

— Ronnie Hawkins

I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get…

— Stephen Mangan