I used to have a musical group with a girlfriend called The Thunderclouds. It was like a Beach Boys cover band. And… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I worked in corrections because they had told me I wasn't going to make it in the music business. You know, when… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Initially, when I was making the bagpipes and reed instruments, it was different from the other instruments. In terms of sound itself,… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word.… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
After graduating college in 2010, I got to work - writing and co-writing all the time, playing and touring in bands, playing… — Natalie Prass Copy Share Image
This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press?… — Holly Johnson Copy Share Image
Like many musicians, I can hear the weight in the sound. Sound is matter. We speak of the colour of an instrument,… — Laurence Equilbey 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
It's quite a trick to use three instruments to tell the story of two people, but Vores carried it off; three, for… — Richard Dyer Copy Share Image
When I'm making my music, I'm writing it, I'm producing it, I'm playing all the instruments, I'm performing. It's my own world… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Slider is the kind of band I would be a fan of if I played in it or not. It's something I'll… — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
There's so much more subtlety to this new recording. There's a subtlety in the playing. There's also a subtlety in the way… — Jason Molina Copy Share Image
I stick to playing Brahms, but I love listening to Led Zeppelin, and I've also been a big fan of Earth Wind… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
But it's been funny to try and carry the through line, but I think the main thing is the relationship that the… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be… — William Christopher Handy Copy Share Image
I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but… — Bryan Adams 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
I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
The power to learn is present in everyone's soul, and the instrument with which each learns is like an eye that cannot… — Plato Copy Share Image
... there is still a very strong subculture of people who want to do great things on an instrument, and who are… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I've had a high turnover of band members because I require something very specific, musically. I require someone who's really creative, as… — CMAT Copy Share Image
Writing is private and personal but after I have the idea and I have some of it in place I'll share it… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
There was a band very early on in our class, and I played in that band and as a teenager, I continued.… — Agnes Obel Copy Share Image
The thing is, there are so many different ways to make music these days with virtual instruments, software applications, physical instruments, and… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
When my YouTube videos started to get really big, I was like, 'Man, this is pretty sweet.' It started as my hobby,… — Austin Mahone Copy Share Image
With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation', it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
My first instrument was bass, and the first thing that I remember learning to play that was better than a few notes… — George Ezra Copy Share Image
On the street, people think I'm a guitar-carrying band member with a rock-n'-roll lifestyle, but the closest I have ever got to… — Benedict Samuel Copy Share Image
Keeping fans loyal is a delicate balance. Therein lies the challenge for any band that's more than a couple albums deep. It's… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
To me living and music are all the same thing. And I keep finding out more about music as I learn more… — McCoy Tyner Copy Share Image
You have to be careful not to make music something you don't want to do. Which happens. I've gotten off the road… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
During recording, the most important thing of all is to "sing sincerely" from the heart. When you guys listen to my songs… — Daesung Copy Share Image
From playing bass guitar in a covers band in Israel... to my various partnerships with media companies, investment companies, governments etc. all… — Haim Saban Copy Share Image
I always thought if I had a band it would have the energy and feel of early Police, since that's where my… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I grew up with a piano, and my aunt taught me chords. I played with bands in high school and I could… — Cristin Milioti Copy Share Image
