Then the musical instruments appeared. Dad’s snare drum from the house, Henry’s guitar from his car, Adam’s spare guitar from my room.… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band.… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I have students who are PhDs in music who come back and scored the music and teach the kids the instruments that… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
We are the ones who take this thing called music and line it up with this thing called time. We are the… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
Saying that you've got acoustic instruments and that's traditional and so people will think it's more intimate, that will always be the… — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
“Heath holds the door to the band room open for me, and I get to my chair without falling, snapping together my… — Mindy McGinnis Copy Share Image
You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom… — Charlie Worsham Copy Share Image
Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson was one of the greatest bass players to ever pick up the instrument, as a member of the… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
“MARIA. So. How is everyone? Can you hear me? I don't believe in microphones. Singing is first of all about projection. So… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
My records are not informed by whether the music is going to work live. I just kind of make the music I… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid. I just sort… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
We were interested in making a long career out of this, rather than being 'Canada's Newest Hitmakers.' It seems to work, and… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
In the early days of Pearl Jam, we were caught up in such a whirlwind that I was just trying to keep… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
“But everyone has a voice, and everyone sings. Oh, we all do it differently. Some of us sing quietly, alone, only in… — Fox Benwell Copy Share Image
When you're looking at a sea of people there ready for a band, it is an unbelievable feeling. You've just got to… — Caleb Shomo Copy Share Image
In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
I think I can pinpoint the moment when my first band recorded, when I was 14 and 15 years old. I always… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
My father has a golden voice and sings beautifully. So does my brother, and my sister pursues dance as well. Love for… — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
I think early on in my career, I was heavily inspired by bands like Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept, and films of… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
It was quite unusual to use the recorder as a concert instrument. But my mother, a pianist, actually helped me a lot… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
We're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded,… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I survived a number of garage bands during my teens and early twenties, both as drummer and guitarist. It's nigh impossible for… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Music and musical instruments were proximal to my life from very early on - I took piano lessons for a brief time,… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
I'm the one who made me you can call that man made, help you get your bands up you can call that… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
I got one of the best sax players in the business - Arno Hecht. He plays with the Uptown Horns and all… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on… — Dan Hicks Copy Share Image
Some people ask me what instruments I play, but usually I'll just say I'm more of a producer or a composer or… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
As time went on, we formed a number of different bands. We played in rival, neighborhood bands. We learned more songs and… — Wayne Kramer Copy Share Image
“Sensuality is essentially the only instrument I know how play best, but with a listener who understands nothing or does not wish… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
Some day we'll be a 35-year-old band, and then we'll be a 40-year-old band - I daresay that we will be a… — John Popper Copy Share Image
Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
A band's only unique thing is its chemistry, especially if none of you are prodigious players or particularly handsome. The one thing… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I was a kid, I loved music, that was our social thing. That's what we bonded on. That's what my Saturday nights… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. Vocals can be so many… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I was trying to become a legitimate trumpet player, and I had a scholarship to Eastman School of Music. I was really… — Frankie Avalon Copy Share Image
I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee… — Victoria Legrand Copy Share Image
