There's always the syndrome of the parent-child relationship: when someone has known you since you were very young, it doesn't matter how… — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
When you start a rock n' roll band, you've gotta fake it till you make it. You begin by doin' what you… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
When you play in a band, you're in phase with people. When you're a DJ, you're totally off-phase. Your work time is… — Thomas Mars Copy Share Image
My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
I can't write a piece of music in a void, I have to know what instrument I'm writing it for. In the… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
We need music," Nico said. "How's your singing?" "Um, no. Can't you just, like, tell it to open? You're the son of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Of course I knew The Band's Canadian keyboard player, the late Richard Manuel, but I didn't play that night because I was… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
“Listening over and over to the voices through a family of instruments allowed us to recognize and appreciate the dignity and uniqueness… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically,… — Gin Wigmore Copy Share Image
I spend time editing and massaging each note. Then I start layering with different instruments, adding harmonies, counterpoint, and whatever the song… — Jason Becker Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to make my favorite music. That's how I work; I just do things based on the way they feel… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
It is a transition, from modelling to singing, but for me it's a natural progression. The modelling was something I did to… — Erica Packer Copy Share Image
One guy can ruin an instrument. Jimi Hendrix, bless his heart - how I wish he was still around - almost inadvertently… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
The bartenders are the regular band of Jack, and the heavenly drummer who looks up to the sky with blue eyes, with… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I tried to stay away from the Euro beats, and not go totally pop. Instead, I wanted to take the Quincy Jones… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
I love singing, so I want to see how far I can take it. I love the challenge, and I won't be… — Estelle Copy Share Image
A lot of the time bands make a record, tour a little bit then kinda fall back satisfied: oh well do a… — Gym Class Heroes Copy Share Image
Well our hair is great. Our hair is better than most peoples hair. My hair is better than anyones. Thats the only… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
If someone tied me down and made me answer the question, singer, actress, clothing designer, I most likely - it could change… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
I got into one of the Scottish classical styles called piobaireachd, which is a very old music that started around the 1700s… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I always hated watching bands: the guy would break a string or be out of tune, and I have perfect pitch, so… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being… — James Iha Copy Share Image
When I was a little bitty kid, I was listening to the stuff my parents were listening to. My mom was a… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
Singing and dancing will never grow old for me - I'd like to do that until I'm... actually, I think I'd like… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
If your whole world of a band or music is taking place in a digital realm or on technological devices, it's all… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We… — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
I think that today, in Europe at least, people don't tend to think so much about the instrument that is producing the… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I don't want to hear from a band that pretty much sounds like another band. Oh I've heared this riff before, or… — Gordon Raphael Copy Share Image
My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I got into television because I hated it so. I thought, there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
I think when you leave a band in any situation that you are a part of.. I mean, when I was with… — Francis Dunnery Copy Share Image
I didn't start off as a bass player, and Guns was the first band I really, like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Every album has a thing where it's like, "How are we going to marry our four ideas and personalities?" The older we… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
I got to a crossroads in my life where basically I was asked to choose between staying at home and being with… — Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi Copy Share Image
I've always been obsessed with the grain of the human voice. It's the ultimate instrument, there's this whole level of virtuosity and… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
“ Southerners don’t need instruments, they just use what they’ve got, like… Cigar boxes Tin cans Washboards ‘Shine jugs Spoons Hair combs… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
