Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math.… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Music originally had a social function. You were in church, in a concert hall, a marching band; you were dancing. I'm concerned… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Id just been singing all the time. Id been singing at like my friends club nights and at parties and with improvised… — Florence And The Machine Copy Share Image
I think one of the best things you can do, no matter what you play, is to take up piano. Music is… — John Haley Sims Copy Share Image
I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind… — Dan Hicks Copy Share Image
A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That's usually where a lot of disagreements come. It's four guys… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
It's something I've always been passionate about - which is the power of rock and roll itself. I'm a walking example of… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot,… — Jon Fishman Copy Share Image
My style of singing has always been referred to 'soul' singing when it fact it's more influenced by English R&B Blues Shouting.… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
I started playing the bass because nobody else would play the bass, and then I got bumped up into singing because no… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I had a band when I was in middle school, but I was the drummer. I kind of thought if I was… — Borns Copy Share Image
Jeff Beck is compelled by his inner artistic drive to keep evolving the instrument. He'll use the whammy bar with the volume… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
You're in for a live band. That's really what I wanted; I wanted to put on a show for people where they… — King Princess Copy Share Image
I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I… — David Nail Copy Share Image
“I had reached the level of expertise you would expect from someone who had played an instrument seriously for the last six… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
These people that worked with my dad doing landscaping were in a grunge band so the music on the cover of Rolling… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
The band has always been such a huge part of my life and it kept me very busy. That, in combination with… — Blake Judd Copy Share Image
By the time you get to your sixth record, some of the benefits of being in a band are grander than ever,… — Josh Homme Copy Share Image
Always continue to perform no matter what or where the activity is: local theater, regional theater, local clubs or coffee shops. Continue… — Tony Vincent Copy Share Image
When we began to tour, no one expected me to be a part of the band, so I used that as a… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I… — Arthur Godfrey Copy Share Image
When I was 8 years old, there was a showcase of all the instruments you can learn at my school. This guy… — Dennis Lloyd Copy Share Image
What I am doing is making songs that I like that I think sounds like other songs that I like. I'm really… — Dylan Baldi Copy Share Image
The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I wanted to start doing more music, doing more things than just playing guitar. I started taking singing lessons and piano lessons.… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Not even the creators of 'Rock Band' could possibly believe that playing the game is tantamount to making your own music. There… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
TALLAHASSEE LASSIE was a record I wrote with my mom. A number of other famous groups have also recorded it such as… — Freddy Cannon Copy Share Image
The wild thing is that when I'm in the band, I can control my destiny with four other guys. As a composer… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
When I am recording on my own, it's like an oil painting: I can put that on top of that and build… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
There are plenty of actors who've caught the singing bug and vice versa, but with musical performers, you're constantly a persona -… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
Some bands write and it is just the singer and the guitarist that do it all and then the rest of the… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share Image
A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
If we have to put music into baskets, then the progressive rock bands I fell in love with as a teenager made… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there,… — Vanessa Morgan Copy Share Image
“Ô, Muse of the Heart’s Passion, let me relive my Love’s memory, to remember her body, so brave and so free, and… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
To put your full belief in your Guru, because it's for your own good, because you've decided that... It's just having a… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
In sixth grade I had a band called The Blueberry Waterfall. I had borrowed a guy's Fender Jaguar and Boss Tone Fuzz,… — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
