Music making Quotes · Page 95

Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.

— Florence Welch

Yes, our band will change and evolve, but we want to establish the reality of what this band truly sounds like.

— Isaac Hanson

...and if you hear something you know, please sing along. No wait - I take that back - you can't sing along…

— Audra McDonald

I'm a useless guitar-player. When I put myself in a band I immediately became its weakest part. I was like my forehand…

— Mats Wilander

I've been through a lot of experiences in my life being in the biggest band in the world.

— David Bryan

Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.

— Lars Ulrich

I think for a band like us, we're all really close friends. We grew up and went to school together. We're not…

— Luke Hemmings

“I discovered very early that my instrument wasn't my voice," he said to me once. "It was the microphone.”

— Pete Hamill

I had a rock and roll band as a kid. What I wanted to be in was a country band, but in…

— Keith Whitley

In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was…

— Sam Hunt

I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell…

— Bobby Keys

Some of the guys I played with .. didn't go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view.…

— Benny Goodman

I wanted to start doing more music, doing more things than just playing guitar. I started taking singing lessons and piano lessons.…

— Mike McCready

Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends…

— Trent Reznor

Every record from New Found Glory is a little different. We're a real band that writes songs about our everyday relationships -…

— Chad Gilbert

I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond…

— Max Roach

You know, I've always wanted this, to be playing music and making money and all. But, it is really weird.

— Gina Schock

Instead, of worrying if something will be a hit, bands need to go out and make good music, get a following, play…

— Jaimoe

Music is my soul, and I love singing and dancing, but being on the road is not a real way of life…

— Ashley Roberts

Any band that you have, any relationship in your life, is gonna come with moments of tension.

— Robert Trujillo

My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men…

— Sia

A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise, it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.

— Joe Perry

What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band.

— Isaac Hanson

We've met people who have been in bands for years and they have said things to us like 'You guys are doing…

— Calum Hood

For me, recording was a lot about honing my guitar skills and honing my singing.

— Ben Howard

The cult of the instrument is O.K. for people who are mad about the guitar. But I love music. The guitar is…

— Julian Bream

To me to singing is like a freedom. It's a very therapeutic thing. It's incredible. I can just lose myself. It's sort…

— Lisa Stansfield

We're not complete prodigies musically and as a band together it takes more and more work to find something new and special.

— Justin Chancellor

I love tape. It's another member of the band, the way it settles and blankets everything.

— Sturgill Simpson

There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think…

— Graham Coxon

I'm trying to get better at singing. I just want to be great vocally on stage so I can give fans a…

— Bryson Tiller

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

— James Bay

The National's favorite experiences as musicians are when we are collaborating with people a little outside of our world as a band.

— Aaron Dessner

What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records…

— Will Oldham

Maybe, I want her to do anything she wants, but I hope her interest in singing stays high.

— Lee Ann Womack

Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.

— Lykke Li

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write…

— Adam Jones

I came from the Philippines and Filipinos are incredibly musical. I mean the best cover bands in the world come from Manila!

— June Millington

I have never done any other job. I have sung in bands since I was 15. I left school completely unqualified. I…

— Alison Moyet

I guess at a certain point you think, well, singing is singing and acting is acting.

— Mandy Moore