I think playing a horn has had a great influence on my singing. I've tried to approach singing from an instrumental mindset.… — Susan Tucker Copy Share Image
My high school teacher, Reggie Andrews, was a huge factor in my learning my instrument. He didn't play bass, but it was… — Thundercat Copy Share Image
My first rock band was called Mike and the Majestics. I was about twelve, and my older sister Kathy was the manager.… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
We've always been trying to climb this ladder that leans so hard on our own idea of what our big songs are.… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
I feel it's quite important to have a band but what's more vital is to be friends with the members of the… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
I'm just the instrument for the song to do whatever it's supposed to do-heal, inspire or encourage. It's not all about me,… — Martina McBride Copy Share Image
Practice. Listen. Use you ears. And as Rob [Halford] said, that team effort. You can learn your instrument in your room, but… — Richie Faulkner Copy Share Image
I joined an all-girl band in Detroit and, although I was a pianist and drummer, I was asked to play bass because… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
You write a song; you know what you want it to sound like. With a band like ours, it's more about the… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“...one song, one note that heals the guilty chaos of our days, making sense of our loneliness, our perjured feelings, our sickness… — Spencer Gordon Copy Share Image
“I keep a band of music in my ante-room," he said once to her. "It has orders to play without stopping; it… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I hope our legacy will be enduring and that people think of us as an important band. But I think Ricky's guitar… — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
My mother told me to keep on singing, and that kept me working through the cotton fields. She said God has his… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I don't know any artists or painters, like, "Oh that painting group." I want to write down this idea of a group… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent… — Thomas Sangster Copy Share Image
As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
To tell the truth, I'd join a band with John Lennon any day, but I couldn't join a band with Paul McCartney,… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I must say it was not very inspiring to see that tons of new bands emerged from nowhere and started to play… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
I started out in a heavy metal band with a guy who could really play guitar, and I thought the only thing… — Robert Pollard Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
I would sing myself with a tambura and just regular a cappella singing and practicing. I did that around 1973 and 1974,… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
In our band, the difficulty really isn't, 'Is one of us gonna fall off the wagon or get into a bad situation?'… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
I can't play an instrument to save my life. But when I'm creating, and when I'm making music, I feel like I'm… — Khalid Copy Share Image
The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but… — Hank Williams III Copy Share Image
As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Not a lot of hard rock bands are just letting it all be - they're adding a lot of samples on things,… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
I have a band called the Dirty Knobs that Ive had for probably 15 years now, and Ive worked with them between… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Once I wrote 'Atmosphere,' I thought, 'This is my story; it's me and my life and what I've gone through to get… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
We listened to a lot of drama, adaptations of books, comedy. There was a real love of music expressed in choirs, because… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
We happened to be in the studio next door and I think Noel Redding came around and said, 'Do you fancy having… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
I didn't decide to start to playing piano until I was almost 13 years old when my friends and I thought it… — Andrew Hollander Copy Share Image
I'd work on Garbage or I'd edit a song or writing here, but I was able to do a lot of things… — Butch Vig Copy Share Image
“Enjoy the music in your earbuds in your own head. Dancing and singing because you enjoy the tune so much you can't… — Paula Heller Garland Copy Share Image
The process of introducing people to new music is amazing. It's a gift. One of the best parts of any day is… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
The danger of a rock band is repeating oneself. It's our greatest fear - that it evolves into the myopia of a… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
Growing up I listened to a lot of Billy Joel, Sam Smith, Adele, Stevie Wonder, and Queen; these are artists who use… — Benson Boone Copy Share Image
The reason for a lot of bands not making it is because they don't really understand that your job is sort of… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
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