And at the time, for one of the few times in my life I didn't have a band, I just had myself… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I was in bands growing up around town as a kid, like bands in the local kind of hardcore scene that we… — Jesse Rutherford Copy Share Image
When we are out on the road, running up and down the road playing shows, you have to be not only a… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
I was playing surf music with my band when a girlfriend of mine who had come from Los Angeles took me to… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
If a band isn't coming up with two to four of those when they pick up their instruments, then they have problems… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
Still to this day, I am deeply satisfied when watching a guitar player who is connected with their art and instrument. GuitarTV… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I came up in Brooklyn singing doo-wop music from the time I was 13 to the time I was 20. That music… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. I don't take anything back,… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Once you train you develop your own aesthetic and your confidence. So, I think as I grow I'm learning how to be… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
Imogen Poots loves music to death and can literally name 300 bands that she listens to, that you've never heard. She's so… — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
People are buying music from 12-year-olds. No one realizes they didn't create this. They didn't write this. They didn't make this. All… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
I used to tour with this band. I was a drummer. I would tour a bunch for about 10 months out of… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
We are God’s gift to each other. Like a master composer, He brings all the instruments together, each with a different tone,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was in a hardcore band that had no melody, no chance of finding any success, and I was just trying to… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to be connected with bands who later became pioneers for certain genres of music scenes. And my art went… — Arik Roper Copy Share Image
You are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Restaurants remind me of bands: there's lots of camaraderie, people work very closely together, very hard, and it's a bad job to… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I started off making beats when I was like 12. Then when I linked with people who make beats full time, I… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
We've shown everyone we are musicians first and foremost: we'll produce our own albums and play The 100 Club. We earned people's… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
I wanted to reexamine the idea of the album for generations of people who are not my age, who love music or… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
When I was in a band after high school and in college, I didn't even play the guitar. I played the bass… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
At the art college in Edinburgh someone arranged for some London groups to come up and play. I was in a supporting… — Jamie Muir Copy Share Image
I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
Have pride and entertainment. I think that a lot bands just don't know how to do it anymore or they lost interest… — John Seagall Copy Share Image
I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time.… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
It takes a lot to put a 5-piece band on, even though we need it. We need those harmonies; I need those… — The-Dream Copy Share Image
I could sing and play as well. I've got some brothers; one of them is the drummer in the band. They're good… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. It would follow that bands do… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
We had a band called the Grainers. In our 12-year-old minds, this was like a double entendre for like being annoying and… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
When it comes to the singing part, I think I missed the boat - the whole family can sing except for me.… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I always loved singing and writing poetry. I always loved music, and I've loved writing my whole life. When I put them… — Lisa Marie Presley Copy Share Image
Even in the band I was in when I was a kid, I'd be telling everyone what to do. I'd be leaning… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
When you start to kind of immerse yourself in that improvisation culture, you gotta be comfortable enough with your instrument to throw… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
When you first start a band all you think about and spend your time doing is writing songs, play shows, in the… — Joe King Copy Share Image
But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the… — Edie Brickell Copy Share Image
I think all musicians and producers, they know the real goal is to come up with a record that is entertaining and… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
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