I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people,… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I was in a band and it wasn't working out the way I wanted. Then somehow, little by little, I started doing… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
The music I wanted to get into when I went to California, was to, uh, get into, uh, pop, mostly. And the… — Carl Gardner Copy Share Image
Being onstage and communicating with an audience was part of my life since I was very little, but I was never pushed… — Robyn Copy Share Image
As soon as I was born, my mom said I was humming 'When the Saints Go Marching In,' or something like that,… — Troy Andrews Copy Share Image
Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. And music moves your soul, so… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the… — Nas Copy Share Image
As a melody instrument player, it's all about getting from one note to the next, and those intervals and how you navigate… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
The melody that the loved one played upon the piano of your life will never be played quite that way again, but… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
If you're serious about singing or acting, which are two art forms that get repetitive, the way to keep the music fresh… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
In order to make my solo shows as interesting as possible, I moved songs onto very different instruments so that I was… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
“Did you see that band out there? They weren't reading music. You know, if you can play without music, pretty soon you're… — Kalamu ya Salaam Copy Share Image
I think some of my inspiration came from just being around music. My family was into music. My uncle had his own… — Nelly Copy Share Image
We've always said we're a HEAVY METAL band. We've kinda branched out here and there - we've done a rap thing, we've… — Charlie Benante Copy Share Image
Also there's two sides of it, I mean, a band like us, at our level and the way we have to promote… — Kenny Hickey Copy Share Image
My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Electronic technology has been a part of music making and music listening for a century. We always treat it like it's new,… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
Anyone can pick up an instrument if they want to express themselves or write a song and put it on YouTube. It's… — Dalip Tahil Copy Share Image
I conceived of a concept, a project, a band. The Tide. The Tide, acting as a sonic exemplar of flow and fluidity.… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it; I wanted… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I believe that music is about making quality things, making quality art, and no matter who you decide to work with, you… — Common Copy Share Image
Some musicians make and record music; other musicians play in a band... I just make and record music, and I don't feel… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
I come from an old school of thought where there are musicians on stage, in the house, sitting and jamming to create… — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
We get along, we talk music.Lenny Kravitz took me to Harlem to see this little jazz show in the back of a… — Penn Dayton Badgley Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, we were all a hundred and ten percent about the music, from the very early days when we… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
“And now above and beyond the birds' song, Andy hears a more distant singing, whether of voices or instruments, sounds or words,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Neither in environment nor in heredity can I find the exact instrument that fashioned me, the anonymous roller that pressed upon my… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
“LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you; he will quiet you… — Nancy Grisham Copy Share Image
A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That's usually where a lot of disagreements come. It's four guys… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them… — Kathy Mattea Copy Share Image
The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies,… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I think it’s really important, and it’s a lesson I didn’t learn until my late teens: Whatever bands that you love, go… — Brad Wilk Copy Share Image
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