I always loved singing because I grew up in a very musical family. My mom wasn't able to do music professionally because… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
I got really excited about it. But then we went into the studio and tried to record some with different musicians, and… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
There was so much good and different music back then and you'd just keep moving through it and discovering more new stuff.… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
There is a great book out called 'Everything I Needed to Learn I Learned in Kindergarten,' and I believe that everything I… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
People have always been resistant to change. If you go back to the 17th, 18th century, playing guitar was frowned upon. When… — Moby Copy Share Image
My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar .. it doesn't have to be an expensive one… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I wrote, recorded and produced everything myself. I played the guitars and keyboards while the drums were programmed. As a producer, I… — Paul Wardingham Copy Share Image
My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Musicians always want to sacrifice our creativity to get involved in environmental issues or political activism of some sort - to reduce… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
I didn't try out for bands when I was younger. I got into guitars intensely a couple of years into playing so… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
With seven boys and one sister, there was always a lot of music in the house. A few of my brothers were… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
For a band like us, one that you don't necessarily hear on the radio, it's our fans that keep us alive and… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang… — Ian Williams Copy Share Image
My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm… — Gary Clark, Jr Copy Share Image
I had this idea... I wanted the sound to sing and have that thickness but yet still have an edge so that… — Brian May Copy Share Image
If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind… — Zakk Wylde Copy Share Image
I can't use logic concerning my feelings, my feelings demand musical notes, violins, guitar solos, the stomping of feet, poetic language, metaphors,… — Noah Cicero Copy Share Image
Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs… — Kristin Hersh Copy Share Image
Things like guitars and ukuleles, you should never part with it, because there will probably be good, healthy times spent, just playing… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana… — Gary Clark, Jr Copy Share Image
If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
My whole life is geared to play guitar. I play what I want when I want and I hope the listener gets… — Jim Sullivan Copy Share Image
I was really crying the morning after the indication. However I am over that now. Nevertheless, I am proud for it to… — Dave Wakeling Copy Share Image
When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not… — Eddy Arnold Copy Share Image
So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line,… — Thomas Dolby Copy Share Image
A guitar is a piece of wood, and if this piece is resonating in a period of 40 or 60 years, it… — Dave Genn Copy Share Image
There were drinks and food in full force, and some Moroi guy had a guitar out and was trying to impress girls… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself a serious guitar player, but I haven't been really worried about whether the public thought I was. That… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
'Built This Pool' was an idea that I had for a song starting several years ago, and as we were in between… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
If you mean do I use the guitar when I'm sitting at home writing stuff, then basically no, never. All I would… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
Grab a guitar, put some kind of strings on it, a banjo string, then a violin string, then a guitar string, tune… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
It's really very easy for me to be in The Cardinals, because I bring my voice, my guitar, and my songs to… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I've always considered transcribing to be an invaluable tool in the development of one's musical ear and, over the years, I have… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
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