In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
We'll never ever be as good on record as we are live because we're not a full band unless those kids are… — Chris Carrabba Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, working towards dropping out of high school to starting to tour with bands, I'd drive around in… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, 'Well, neither do I.' I… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I think some bands thrive on the idea of changing instruments. When they're off their real instrument, the ability to go very… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I think the indie-rock world is very creative. They're always looking for something new, and I think of all the instruments we… — Tiesto Copy Share Image
We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Pretty much everybody we know in Glasgow who's in a band has another job. All of us have worked in bars, cafes,… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
“I always said I'm just an instrument; I'm transparent, like a medium, the language passes through me. Which is a bit like… — Constance Dejong Copy Share Image
“Sing, then. Sing, indeed, with shoulders back, and head up so that song might go to the roof and beyond to the… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
your concert-goer, though he feed upon symphony as a lamb upon milk, is no true lover if he play no instrument. Your… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
I work with a lot of production that's really positive and contains a lot of soul stuff. Those instrumentals project the happiness… — SonReal Copy Share Image
People need to go back and figure out why it is that Slipknot plays the way it is. That way, maybe, you… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet… — Zephaniah Copy Share Image
“You know what punk is? a bunch of no-talent guys who really, really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music,… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
We really hated being in a band. The joy for us and why we slipped nicely and neatly into it was because… — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
It's very tempting for certain generations to say, 'Well, I just want to be in a band, and I want to be… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
I do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
I spent most of my 20s playing music. I was in a band and we worked really hard and did not get… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I never aspired to be in a band, but being onstage is a very cool feeling. It's like you're the lord of… — Robert Sheehan Copy Share Image
I made an instrument which I'm really happy about, because I always wanted to have a machine that did this so once… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
Writing a lyric is writing a lyric, whether it's sung or recited. Perhaps the question to ask should be, has playing in… — Cornelius Eady Copy Share Image
I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Guitar gigs were everywhere in the '50s, and I started diddling around so I could keep working. Playing honky-tonk, simple stuff. I… — George Benson Copy Share Image
At Carnegie Hall the Preservation Hall Jazz Band showed how easily it could hop from era to era. It could work like… — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To… — Gladys Knight Copy Share Image
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician.… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
When Sonic Youth writes music, we write everything in a very communal way. It doesn't matter who brought something in initially; it… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I wanted to make the kind of records that I heard in the discos that I danced in at that time. Funky,… — Holly Johnson Copy Share Image
So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I… — James Iha Copy Share Image
That taught me one lesson which is that you're naive to believe that bands can change the world. Bands are very naive… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
The problem is when you write the album, you record all the instruments, you edit the whole thing and then you have… — Caleb Shomo Copy Share Image
The reason I wanted to play guitar was because I saw Buddy Holly and then our own homegrown Shadows on TV in… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo; And now my tongue's use is to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ragnor and Catarina both begged him to give the instrument up. Random strangers on the street begged him to give the instrument… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
There's something about uninterrupted singing that just doesn't work for me, because at some point, I need my characters to talk. Without… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
I tend to want to form bands and then create new music within them. Queen was an exception, and we joined forces… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
