The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
It is really refreshing to hear a big band that has the ability to execute ensemble passages with swing and precision while… — John Patitucci Copy Share Image
If I couldn't play drums it would have destroyed me. If you're thrown in the deep end you swim, and that's basically… — Rick Allen Copy Share Image
We always operated within a sense of community not just about the band. It's important to the way we define ourselves. It's… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument has? It's like… — Nina Simone 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
There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment,… — Peter Garrett 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 should let you know that I had no idea how to play the guitar or any other musical instrument, and that… — David Wong Copy Share Image
To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound. It's not trying to replace a band,… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
A band that we supported called Blackfish in Manchester, played the most insane gig I've ever been to. Everything was set on… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I have a variety of ways that I make music, but I'm working with the Thingamajigs in a particular way, which is:… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
“I played a few songs over and over, trying to understand them. They didn't have an immediate effect. This was a new… — Peter Bognanni Copy Share Image
You're in for a live band. That's really what I wanted; I wanted to put on a show for people where they… — King Princess Copy Share Image
I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Learning to play old instruments was a challenge. How do you learn an instrument no one has played in hundreds of years?… — Einar Selvik Copy Share Image
The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs. For John and Paul, songwriting is pretty important and guitar… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time, and not be discouraged… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Being in a band, a lot of times people think of what you're doing in terms of a competition. They talk about… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
You can sing if you have a great voice, but to connect that instrument to the text and connect it to the… — Marc E. Platt Copy Share Image
What is the impulse that drove to direct? To me, it seems so immense. Just having a rock 'n' roll band, or… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In L.A., we played rock venues because we had a band, which hip-hop venues couldn't accommodate. And within that, we created a… — Taboo Copy Share Image
I was in orchestra in high school, but I really started when a friend of mine who's a drummer showed me some… — Carla Azar Copy Share Image
After watching a couple of live performances of bands like Nirvana, I was really excited and inspired by how raw and powerful… — Panda Bear Copy Share Image
The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Lots of the bands [in New Orleans] couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead -… — Danny Barker Copy Share Image
When I perform on stage I do achieve quite a variety of ways of singing. I was interested in trying to replicate… — Planningtorock Copy Share Image
The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
'Nothin' on You' by B.o.B was the first song where I heard myself on the radio. I'd been trying my whole career… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I'm a born music lover and want to sing for all music composers as well but due to some false impression many… — Ankit Tiwari Copy Share Image
Originally, AXS TV came to me last year and asked me if I'd be interested in doing an acoustic 'Live from the… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
I was the lead singer in a lot of the bands I was in. You have to be comfortable. You gotta get… — Richie Sambora Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
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