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
I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band… — James Iha Copy Share Image
I'm just grateful. I'm grateful for my family, my wife, and our health. I'm grateful to be in a band of brothers… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
I'm almost a black singer. And without the backbeat, it's singer/songwriter. There's a definite choice to be made there, every time. And… — John Waite Copy Share Image
You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van,… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
When you start in any band, I don't think you have any idea as to how long your particular journey is going… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
I was like 13, 14 years old. I had a Rock Band mic, and I used to record music and put it… — Tay Keith Copy Share Image
Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
Obviously everybody knows that I'm an original songwriter and I got my band. And the guys in 'Sugar Money,' no matter what,… — Bo Bice Copy Share Image
On stage, I have my three band mates and my guitar in front of me, and mic stand and that's like your… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
She comes to see us and stuff. She likes it I dont think its her favorite kind of music but she has… — Oliver Sykes 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
I was on one bus with my band and crew for seven years. I didn't come to town with a karaoke tape.… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
We need music," Nico said. "How's your singing?" "Um, no. Can't you just, like, tell it to open? You're the son of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
[Paul McCartney] never, at the time, was going back to leaning back on the roots of his old band. He always built… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I think that's what propelled our band, the fact that we put on something that was visibly attractive to people and then… — Cedric Bixler-Zavala Copy Share Image
I feel some allegiance to pushing electric-guitar music into a different realm, somewhere that isn't retrospective. There's a lot of guitar bands… — Jamie Hince Copy Share Image
For a band like us, one that you don't necessarily hear on the radio, it's our fans that keep us alive and… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I… — Burt Bacharach Copy Share Image
I went to an all-girls school where most people played the piano or the violin, so I didn't really know anyone who… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
What I liked about doing a soundtrack is that it's almost the opposite of any kind of normal recording that a band… — Tim Gane Copy Share Image
I finally got to junior high and I got to start saxophone. There were a few of us that were in the… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I think I just get excited by music, and, like, singing is a very physical thing. It releases endorphins in your body.… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
But I also enjoy music outside the band. I've been doing production for other people, including Robert Wyatt. Check him out. The… — Nick Mason Copy Share Image
I don't really hear much music these days that grabs me. I think there are a lot of reasons for this but… — Ronnie James Dio Copy Share Image
I was in bands, like everyone else, when I was 16, 17; I was a little skater listening to Dead Kennedy's and… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
I think we got started like all bands. We wanted to make some noise, hang out, and have some fun. Remember, we're… — John Rzeznik 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
When I was younger, bands helped me connect to part of my humanity; bands that had nothing to do with anything political… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
I never could understand - it was impossible for me to get my head around - what the furor was, what the… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I only performed a song so I could not write an essay. I just enjoyed being around bands, and around musicians, and,… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
When you're on tour with the band, it's a different mentality. You don't sightsee because you're making sure you can do the… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
Call it holistic or holographic thinking, it's been quite effective imagining the world's problems are all right in front of you on… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
I realised how rarely women are involved in all aspects of the music making, how rarely I've worked with female engineers. That… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
It's hard to get a start as an instrumental guitar player. It's a much quicker route to be in a band, so… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
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