The piano is the social instrument par excellence... drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, the most massive of the devices by… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
When you're a musician and you come from a singing background, specifically one that focused a lot on a cappella music as… — Nick Lachey Copy Share Image
That's one of the problems with making music your business, it becomes a business. You're no longer just this kid who is… — Mojo Nixon Copy Share Image
We're doing all the shows as an eight-piece band. There's so many different kinds of palettes for each film that we've had… — Stuart A. Staples Copy Share Image
I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was playing in various bands - amateur bands, garage bands, weekend bands, you name it, around… — Steve Landes Copy Share Image
I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band… — Jack White Copy Share Image
When I called 'Cut 4 Me' a mixtape, I was thinking about a few elements: One is used instrumentals. The project is… — Kelela Copy Share Image
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument.… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
In certain professions, you can love your profession; you can do it in a very professional way and do it wonderfully, but… — Jose Carreras Copy Share Image
My approach to writing rhymes went hand in hand with the music. I'd try to make different rhythms with my rhymes on… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Bands like - even Kiss to a degree - bands like Kiss and Motley, Ratt, Poison, Bon Jovi - I just think… — John Corabi Copy Share Image
When I produce other people, that's the thing I can do well because I've been in a band, and I can play… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
If someone tied me down and made me answer the question, singer, actress, clothing designer, I most likely - it could change… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
You listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
I'm banging like the motherflucking bass up on the treble. I swear I eat these beats and I can taste the instrumental.… — Tory Lanez Copy Share Image
Puffy's the only guy who's jealous. All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life,… — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as… — Otto Penzler Copy Share Image
My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that… — Kevin Johnson Copy Share Image
I remember hearing, back in the day, so-and-so got a deal, and bands are spending the money. Some of them live in… — Sonny Sandoval 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
The smaller the instrument or more hidden it is such as electronics, the more esoteric it becomes and in my mind becomes… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
I was making stickers for guys' bands. I was in the front row photographing bands, booking bands, doing all of the kind… — Kathleen Hanna 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
Music has always been in my family down to my dad through my uncle. I'm just the next generation, since it's always… — Jacob Latimore Copy Share Image
I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing… — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume... to do something… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I love David Bowie and Cher and Diana Ross. I wanted to follow in their footsteps. So I set out to do… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
You could say, 'Oh, we're gonna write the heaviest album of all time' or 'We're gonna write an album that sounds like… — Jim Root 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
...the music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out… — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
My older brother was the guitar player in the neighborhood band. My parents were the cool ones that had the basement for… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
I conceived of a concept, a project, a band. The Tide. The Tide, acting as a sonic exemplar of flow and fluidity.… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
“She heard music. Angels singing? she thought, dizzy. It seemed odd for angels to sing after table sex. She managed to swallow… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I think something I've been drawn to about the people I work with is that they seem to be - like me… — Ariel Rechtshaid Copy Share Image
There are situations when, in your singing, in your interpretation of songs, for instance, when you want a straight tone. And I… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
