I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to perform with…

I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism.

— Chino Moreno

The first time I played in front of a live audience, I realised I wanted to be a musician. I was about four years…

— Lewis Capaldi

Getting to be a musician for ten years is very different from being a musician for a year. You get different stories, and have…

— Lights

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

— Miguel Ferrer

People don't understand what music really is. I've been a musician since I was 6 years old. I got my first piano, was playing…

— Mitchel Musso

I was an independent musician for ten years before I became a musician for movies.

— Santhosh Narayanan

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but…

— Tommy Davidson

Cause I love STP so much and it meant so much to me as a musician throughout my process - along with other bands…

— Jeff Gutt

I played in a band and attended Grambling University. I think the Mob style funk music I do was patterned after the big college…

— E-40

So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in…

— Cee Lo Green

I never understood bands who were only influenced by a narrow era of, say, five years of music.

— Matt Bellamy

Growing up in the Libya of the 1970s, I remember the prevalence of local bands who were as much influenced by Arabic musical traditions…

— Hisham Matar

“With the indie kids you have to remember this: they really think that what they do matters in some way. They reckon that history…

— John Niven

A lot of bands are influenced by other bands, and that informs their songwriting for sure. It definitely informs my songwriting, too. But it's…

— Ty Segall

Without Metallica, we wouldn't have a lot of the bands that we have now.

— Joey Jordison