There must be bands of enthusiasts for everything on earth-fanatics who shared a vocabulary, a batch of technical skills and equipment, and,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, all my friends are musical wizards and in great bands, but yeah, it really skipped over me. It's one… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
My mother and father didn't know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and… — Peter Tosh Copy Share Image
We went from being thought of and talked about as "a band that plays a so-and-so style of music" (a grunge band,… — Bent Saether Copy Share Image
But I always wanted to do a theatrical stuff. But when you're in a metal band of course you're limited because five… — Arjen Anthony Lucassen Copy Share Image
Everyone has a fantasy of what they want their band to sound like. However, because I knew nothing about making music, I… — Joe Casey Copy Share Image
I was competing for attention in a four-piece band that was phenomenal, and I was trying to attack the blues from a… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
If music ever needs FDA approval in the future, bands like this will be the reason why; Magic Kids' sugar-coated songs paint… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Whether you like another bands music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who… — Adam Rich Copy Share Image
Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
I have a Chamberlain I bought from some surfers in Westwood many years ago. It's an early analog synthesizer; it operates on… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Like Jermaine was saying, it's a beautiful day, and we're just glad all of this is behind us. We can go on… — Tito Jackson Copy Share Image
“There is too much singing and dancing, such lightness as loosens the restraints of virtue,' she complained, her white curls quivering. 'When… — Lisa Klein Copy Share Image
I played a lot of music all throughout my life, actually, but in high school I was in marching band and all… — Kirsten Lepore Copy Share Image
Surveys of thousands of gamers have shown that they're more likely to play real music if they play a music videogame. So… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
I don't know what happened. I just exploded. I'd never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple,… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
Music is made to be heard, whether you hear it in concert, you hear it on the radio, or you hear it… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
When I listen to a Coldplay record, you're gonna hear an indie band, and you know that's what you're gonna get from… — Labrinth Copy Share Image
“Like one of his heroes, Tom Waits, whenever Yorke feels like his songwriting is getting too comfortable or stale, he’ll pick up… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Being on tour together and being constantly with the same few people means we now think the same things are funny, we… — Gym Class Heroes Copy Share Image
“His performance was also intensely visual, with his volatile movements in front of the piano, and his cries and wild vocal accompaniment… — Ian Carr Copy Share Image
When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
I think something for us that we're always interested in is how people interpret the music or the band for themselves, and… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
These magic moments when rhythms and harmonies extend themselves and jell together and the people become another instrument. These things are priceless… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
There were two things I discovered when I toured with Snoop. One was that the band was all jazz musicians. The second… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
One of the best things about being in a band is that we're so lucky to be able to travel the world.… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I might be a completely different kind of songwriter but I definitely think there are some things... I've taken pieces from different… — Mark Stoermer Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I'd do a demo recording by myself, layering instruments on top of one another, and while that's fun, it doesn't have the… — Bernie Leadon Copy Share Image
Obviously everybody knows that I'm an original songwriter and I got my band. And the guys in 'Sugar Money,' no matter what,… — Bo Bice Copy Share Image
I think all of us, at some point early on in our lives, knew that we wanted to create music. We are… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
“Charlie smiled. ‘Actually, right now I feel like venting; maybe seeing how loud I can make the speakers in the gym and… — Trevor Barton Copy Share Image
Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
“Why must I do what is hardest?" "Because, Marion, you are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
When you think about choir music, that's a cappella. You have church choir that you would sing without any instrument. I think… — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Well sometimes I do not listen to music. But when I do it could range from Frank Sinatra to Copeland. I spend… — Tony MacAlpine Copy Share Image
