Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I worked for several years composing music for commercials, but I was very happy to give that up.… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
It's how I learned to play guitar - sitting with Led Zeppelin and Cheap Trick records, backing the needle up and learning… — Tad Kubler Copy Share Image
It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
My dad is a singer, so it was always either music or acting with me. All the way up through college I… — Coby Bell Copy Share Image
That's one of the problems with making music your business, it becomes a business. You're no longer just this kid who is… — Mojo Nixon Copy Share Image
“Zachary looked down into the swirling morass that was his beer as the man walked onto the stage and started to play… — Pete Langman Copy Share Image
I think our particular sound has come by just not adhering to any specific sound. For us, it's about the song, and… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
The visual side of being a performer or in a band is, to me, as important as the music. I know not… — Tamaryn Copy Share Image
I took four years of violin, but got bored of it - over the years, I've been ADD with instruments. The only… — Mister Lies Copy Share Image
There is a basic language of music that I think is important for communicating with other musicians - just the kind of… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop, so what I do is done with respect, but there was a very closed-minded attitude toward live instruments and… — Everlast Copy Share Image
Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I've demanded respect for myself and my band and my peers, I've demanded full artistic control for my music, I advocate for… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
The only reason you even start a band is so you can hang out with your friends all the time, but somewhere… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
When Prince and James Brown were doing live sessions... recording a band is not easy. It's all delicate, important stuff you want… — Amine Copy Share Image
Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
When you're a front man for a band, there's nowhere to hide. It took me a long time to get used to… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I think a double bass for me would be too much effort. But the cello, you're really engaged and the sound is… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
When you're a musician and you come from a singing background, specifically one that focused a lot on a cappella music as… — Nick Lachey Copy Share Image
Bands like Culture Club and artists like me, you tend to concentrate on the live arena because that's where you can be… — Boy George Copy Share Image
I appreciate what others have done in the past especially for my genre, and my style of singing. And they sure put… — James Durbin Copy Share Image
The text for me is the musical score. I'm the instrument. My voice is the instrument. My voice is articulating the sounds… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
To fans in a festival setting it's like a picnic. You want to have a good time with your friends in that… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
My advice to women who habitually gravitate toward musicians is that they learn how to play an instrument and start making music… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and… — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
I'm in three bands, and I love to produce records of other bands, and I have a family that I love. I… — Josh Homme Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the Internet is that people are excited about music and wanna hear a random album from… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
It's rare that I'll write lyrics first. If I come up with some good lyrics, I'll write them down and try to… — Rob Crow Copy Share Image
It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in… — David First Copy Share Image
People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
Since I've grown up I really wanted to be able to create something different. In Persian music, opposite, again, to classical music,… — Hafez Nazeri 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 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
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
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
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
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
“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
