Music making Quotes · Page 101

I'm not a huge practicer, which is probably not a good thing because my band definitely needs to practice.

— King Tuff

In postscript let's just say that I am very fortunate cause I've gotten to work with a lot of great bands!

— Jim Diamond

It is the closest instrument to the human voice, and the things you can do on the cello... there are endless possibilities.

— Stjepan Hauser

In a lot of ways, Metallica is like a fusion band. It's not necessarily jazz or any of that, but the music…

— Robert Trujillo

Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band…

— Steven Adler

My singing really seemed to connect with people, and it ended up as my main career, which I love.

— Mayer Hawthorne

The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.

— Billie Holiday

I can play the flute. Music was my favourite A-level, and I used to love composing my and stylising my voice to…

— Erin O'Connor

You don't get anything easy when you come from a big band and you go and start another one. You learn real…

— Vinnie Paul

“When they find out what I do for a living, many people tell me they love music listening, but their music lessons…

— Daniel J. Levitin

Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo,…

— John Frusciante

I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence…

— Brian Eno

We were different. We were a rainbow. The music was a combination of all types of music. You could hear R&B, jazz,…

— Larry Graham

I brought the music out to L.A., and the producer Tommy LaPuma heard it and he said - "Man, I love it.…

— Marcus Miller

You are an instrument if you understand your voice and how to use it - this sound, that sound and certain ranges…

— Black Thought

My dad wanted to be a musician, so when I started playing guitar, he was like, 'Go for it.' That is what…

— Julian Barratt

Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business.

— Pete Seeger

I grew up in a really small town with not a lot of money, and I liked singing, but it was just…

— Justin Bieber

I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had…

— Kevin Parker

The ability for a woman to orally satisfy somebody in a rock band, that's important to a rock 'n' roll musician.

— Chad Kroeger

And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.

— Caroline Corr

Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses - I had a huge rock-band mania. I play a little bit of…

— PSY

Things are such that someone lifting a cup, or watching the rain, petting a dog, or singing, just singing - could be…

— Rumi

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that…

— Bobby Vinton

Busted is not the ideal band I'd like to be in by any stretch of the imagination.

— Charlie Simpson

I'm sure I could start a band tomorrow that would have different influences and would want to do something completely different than…

— Chris Cornell

Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years.

— Jill Sobule

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I…

— PJ Harvey

My strength is to communicate with an audience and to know what jazz singing is capable of.

— Kurt Elling

I used to think I was ordinary and just like everybody else, and I am, but there is something about being in…

— Chrissie Hynde

I feel like I'm a quick learner and I'm also very quick to forget. That's why I can't play an instrument because…

— Joss Stone

I don't want to compromise on my singing or drop down its level to start acting.

— Guru Randhawa

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

— Dimebag Darrell

The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.

— Daniel Barenboim

I was the drummer in a band called Hemsworth for a brief stint, too - it was not very great. I didn't…

— Ryan Hemsworth

I've always had a good time in bands, and when I wasn't having a good time, I left.

— Peter Frampton

I grew up with boys of all kinds - I have two brothers, and I was in a bagpipe band for several…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.

— Dimebag Darrell

“Too many talented people string and unstring their instruments without ever playing their music.”

— Ken Standley

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

— Jonathan Davis