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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
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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
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
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
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I saw a band called The Electric Guitars, from Bristol. I described them to Roland, and he just started playing a riff… — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
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My dad he doesnt play that many instruments. He played trumpet in high school band. But he made a lot of friends… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
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In the late '70s, I had a band - the David Johansen band, for lack of a better name - and I… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
The orchestra's an amazing instrument, but I don't want to just arrange my songs for it. I think that might be kind… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
One interesting thing - I play bass and guitar and stuff like that. I know those instruments really well. But I don't… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
Another thing that was unique about working on this stuff was that I was engineering it. I used many of the things… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
What I rediscovered was the therapeutic nature of singing lessons. They're like doing yoga but for [the] inside of your body. You… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
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I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
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A lot of Arabic composers such as Mohammed Abdel Wahab mixed sounds and instruments from all over the world. It's important to… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
“It is an ajtys—a singing-duel. The boy and girl stand in the eye of the village carrying on a mocking well-I-sort-of-like-you-even-if-there’s-one-or-two-weird-things-about-you-for-instance—kind of… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
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I'm a terrible musician. While the band members are great, I'm tolerated and affectionately regarded because I do movies, but if I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
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