When we treat music as an industrial commodity, and young people as merely consumers, we overlook the joy of participating in music...… — Mick Hucknall 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
Early on, before rock 'n' roll, I listened to big band music - anything that came over the radio - and music… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
We worked very hard on that untitled record to do something different and that we were proud of and to try a… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
I started playing the bass because nobody else would play the bass, and then I got bumped up into singing because no… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
We are a band that stylistically crosses a lot of barriers and generational gaps. The heavier portion of the band, the modern… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
It was just another way for us to put out more material in a shorter amount of time. We don't want to… — Medeski Martin And Wood Copy Share Image
So many schools are getting rid of music programs and it's really sad because I know that when I started singing and… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
“He begins to sing to her, very softly, almost not singing at all, just a whisper of a tune. He spins out… — Laura Harrington 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 sing to use the Waiting My bonnet but to tie, And close the door unto my house No more to do… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I could create music that sounded as strange as any electronic music, because you see, my opinion about electronic music is that… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we… — John Entwistle Copy Share Image
The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the… — Cecilia Bartoli Copy Share Image
One of the great things that I loved about doing solo - which I ended up doing because I was too shy… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
We've always wanted to do it, something you could dance to, and deep down we always thought we could bring something to… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar,… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to… — Patty Schemel Copy Share Image
Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing… — Fred Rogers 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
Over the years, I've had to learn to play. For example, when 'Lennon' was on Broadway, I learned my way around the… — Will Chase Copy Share Image
A band like Depeche Mode would go out and record them hitting a trash can with a steel rod or something and… — Chino Moreno Copy Share Image
We really were a very musical family. In spite of the fact that we were so poor when I was a youngster… — Lawrence Welk Copy Share Image
Me and my bandmate having known each other and worked together for so long, the process between us is kind of effortless.… — Jonathan Rado Copy Share Image
I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I can't deny that Eric Clapton's and Eddie Van Halen's lead stuff has influenced a stack of people, but for me, it's… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
When I was starting my journey as a young guitar player, I was listening to The Beatles, the Stones, and all the… — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
My mom was a singer, and my dad had been playing in bands with my mom's brother. My dad married my mom,… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and non-musicians. The… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
Everybody knows, when you have a band, there's always going to be a hierarchy, and there's always going to be some issue… — Ashleigh Murray Copy Share Image
We've always described our sound as a bit more guitar driven than normal pop music. Kind of Pink in a boy band… — Liam Payne Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs, I looked around at the bands that were making it, and they all had the original… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
With music, you could stick someone with a musical instrument or even not a musical instrument, get them to showcase their talent,… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up… — Tom Piazza 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
My first couple shows, I figured I should be playing the guitar and singing. That felt weird, but I got good at… — Dominic Fike Copy Share Image
It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to… — Manika Copy Share Image
