There's no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
“Before leaving the earth altogether, let us as: How does Music stand with respect to its instruments, their pitches, the scales, modes… — John Cage Copy Share Image
I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
You could say, 'Oh, we're gonna write the heaviest album of all time' or 'We're gonna write an album that sounds like… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
“The Lord your God is with you. He is mighty to save. He takes great delight in you. He will quiet you… — Zephaniah 3:17 Copy Share Image
When I was younger, bands helped me connect to part of my humanity; bands that had nothing to do with anything political… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
I'm a heaven sent instrument. My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental. That's why I'm instrumental, vibrations… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Write your own music and write frequently. Go to as many live shows as you can as well (of bands you enjoy… — Dia Frampton Copy Share Image
If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones,… — Bill Wyman Copy Share Image
We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band… — James Iha Copy Share Image
Everybody now who's playing in Unicorn band is deeply schooled in music. I'm the only one who's self-taught, which I think is… — Nicholas Thorburn Copy Share Image
It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with… — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
I played the vina until my heart turned into the same instrument. Then I offered this instrument to the Divine Musician, the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
I think I understand what bands want, just from having made records myself. I understand what it takes to get a good… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument,… — Mimi Rogers Copy Share Image
I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment,… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Every time I sit down in front of my piano, I like to improvise with the instrument. It depends on my mood… — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
If I was talking about making a song special, I probably meant getting the lyrics and arrangement together, or getting some instrument… — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory, Of His Flesh, the mystery sing; Of the Blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our Immortal… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I know I express myself best singing love songs, and Jim Steinman gave me my rock style, which I have always wanted.… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
I was not a band geek, per say. But me and my two older sisters played instruments, so I would come home… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
As a song-writer I have always written with one instrument - either guitar or piano - because I believe that if a… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
“I had reached the level of expertise you would expect from someone who had played an instrument seriously for the last six… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I played the drums. I basically started off in drum line. So it was just straight percussion. Then I got into the… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever it is, in the end, it just feels… — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
We found ourselves becoming more serious about playing music than our friends were - or just more committed and had more meaningful… — Mikal Cronin Copy Share Image
In terms of content and instrumentation, I feel we have been extremely ambitious on every one of our albums going back to… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
The piano is the social instrument par excellence... drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, the most massive of the devices by… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“What was remarkable was that associating with a computer and electronics company was the best way for a rock band to seem… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I don't know who's left to hear us. But if there are people who want the real thing, we've got it. My… — Ronnie Hawkins Copy Share Image
I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mixing… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
