“Asking to hold a musician's instrument is roughly similar to asking to kiss a man's wife. Nonmusicians don't understand. An instrument is… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
We wanted to write songs that we really like that incorporate everything. It seems a lot of bands want to stick with… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
There were so many specific things from high school jazz band that I remembered: the conductor searching out people who were out… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
The Knobs started out as a project to do between Heartbreakers tours. I met the guys very organically, and I didnt really… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
My mother did play classical piano, not that well. And actually, my father sang with the big bands - he sang with… — Toni Tennille Copy Share Image
Jim had melodies as well as words. He didn't know how to play a chord on any instrument, but he had melodies… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
During our first year, we were playing Priest and Maiden cover tunes all the time while we figured out what we wanted… — Jeff Hanneman Copy Share Image
The act of the being in the band has very little in common with writing songs. The songs come out of it,… — Tim Kinsella Copy Share Image
It's like an electroacoustic, surround-sound cello gamba. It embodies everything that fascinates me the most - acoustics, playing instruments, digital processing, movement… — Hildur Gudnadottir Copy Share Image
“Unless the South Beach techno-dance clubs outbid them. They don’t have live bands, just DJs up in a booth. And the DJs… — Tim Dorsey Copy Share Image
You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
If I'm working as an engineer for another band, the responsibility for brilliance pretty much rests on their shoulders. I think I'm… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Selling a band predicated on nothing is always an interesting proposition, and of course, the fact of the matter is that I… — Megan Mullally Copy Share Image
Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing… — William Singe Copy Share Image
I really am a firm believer that if you're going to do something musically, you really need to know what that music… — John Debney Copy Share Image
I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
We are just fans of music, we are not fans of a specific kind of music. We just happen to be a… — Joe Elliott Copy Share Image
I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
The music on the radio is fine, it's just not my type of music. You don't play an instrument, and you don't… — Elizabeth Gillies Copy Share Image
However, it [singing] wasn't until halfway through high school that it dawned on me that singing wasn't just a hobby, it was… — Kina Grannis Copy Share Image
I wanted so badly to be in a famous band, and it was not happening. I played drums with different bands and… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I've always had influences from all over the place, like Mr. Bungle and Primus. As a band, we try not to focus… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
It's kind of dumb; everybody should be able to listen to the kind of music they want and just because you're a… — Ray Toro Copy Share Image
When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood,… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Nowadays, there's a lot more that comes before music, that I need to take care of before I can sit down and… — Patty Schemel Copy Share Image
California club pop chirper Dev's debut is as stark as it is sweet. This is owed partly to the casually giddy lightness… — Chuck Eddy Copy Share Image
Whichever kind of music I was making it was all about the melody anyway. The kind of music I'm making now is… — Jarryd James Copy Share Image
Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I'll be conducting the orchestra, but there will be some pieces that I'll be playing an instrument as… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
Man must speak, then sing, then dance. The speaking is the brain, the thinking man. The singing is the emotion. The dancing… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas without repressed envy… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
For every great thing we did, there is a very public moment of falling on our faces. But everything that came through… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
You can be in the band, you can go buy your own guitar strings at Guitar Center, you can go and do… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
There are bands that make parodies of being in a band, like Spinal Tap. That's a big influence. They're making fun of… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I think we are very musical people, so we take pride in singing hymns very well, and embracing learning different instruments and… — Koffee Copy Share Image
“It's called a gui-tar. It's used to perform American rural music. It's said to be especially popular in Texas," he told her.… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
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