Obviously, any living musician born after 1960 has been touched by rock and roll. It's the music of our time, and it's… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I write these songs and I like the idea of letting the band interpret it as they will. This band is like… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
I put in the sounds of instruments such as the guitar and piano, which everybody hears often, and tried to go with… — Seungri Copy Share Image
I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood,… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I know of some guitar-based rock bands that refuse to record anything that they can't play live. But some of the best… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she had that same… — Laura Joplin Copy Share Image
Slowly, over time, I learned enough that I started considering myself a musician, where I actually knew how to play instruments. But… — Tycho 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
If you play the guitar, you've got to hold the chords down with one hand while you play with the other, so… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
I can't do too much musical movement with a lot of MC's, because they don't know how to follow me. But with… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
I've been making electronic music for twenty some odd years but, because I grew up playing in punk rock bands, when I… — Moby Copy Share Image
You hope to catch the band on a good night and you hope that it sounds good when you hear the tapes… — Derek Trucks Copy Share Image
It's important me as a musician and also as an occasional show goer to feel the presence of a band on stage,… — Jacob Bannon Copy Share Image
Everybody now who's playing in Unicorn band is deeply schooled in music. I'm the only one who's self-taught, which I think is… — Nicholas Thorburn Copy Share Image
If when you hear a song by OK Go you conjure up thoughts of a gigantic Rube Goldberg device or treadmills or… — Rachel Martin Copy Share Image
We went from being a band that was recording songs in my bandmate's bedroom to a band that's doing extensive touring and… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
So our ears got used to listening to jazz in the place that it was that the bass player could not play.… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
An image, a dance step, a song may function from time to time as entertainment, but the root and full practice of… — Peter London Copy Share Image
They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
From when I young, a lot of the things I grappled with, with instruments, was how large they were. When someone places… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I remember, from aged six to nine, I was loud and abrasive and loved making noise and loved playing instruments and doing… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
In the UK, tons of records are now sold in grocery stores, because there are no record stores - it's iTunes or… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments… — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I'm experiencing the mood to go out and share the music. I don't look at these concerts as a platform for people… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
I've been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I feel so lucky to have found two other, now three other musicians, that I can absolutely communicate with musically and believe… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
I was growing up at a time when music was growing and changing so fast. I had learned all the big band… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
To the U.S. and the world, I'm just known as some funny song and some funny music, some funny video guy. But… — PSY Copy Share Image
When I'm writing for certain instruments, you want to write within what you know about that instrument but also challenge the player.… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I had no idea I would become a musician; I fell into it. First, I had a band called Fancypants Hoodlum. It… — Peaches Copy Share Image
For a long time in the 1970s, I was experimenting to build musical instruments and use them. I did a lot of… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
At the time I learned drums, I wanted to be the drummer of Hanson. I wanted to be this guy because he… — Stromae Copy Share Image
People think that once a band is 'big' that they make a ton of money, but that's not true. It's hard to… — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
I feel like fans really want to spread the word about the band. I guess when you've done three records, you feel… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
People define themselves to some degree by the music that they listened to as teens. My mom had Elvis. Me, I had… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I can't be enthusiastic as soon as I write something on the music sheet. The music sheet is only the beginning: it… — Ennio Morricone Copy Share Image
Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find… — Jerry Harrison Copy Share Image