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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
A lot of punk rock. I listen to various stuff just cuz my friends now listen to a lot of different bands.… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
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