Music making Quotes · Page 200

I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing.

— David Bowie

“I discovered very early that my instrument wasn't my voice," he said to me once. "It was the microphone.”

— Pete Hamill

Being a fan of pop music and rock bands, I am a reluctant convert into the art of instrumental rock music.

— Paul Gilbert

I just want to be a part of a band that will be able to reinvent themselves, you know.

— Arnel Pineda

Our vocal harmonies started to feel like a cop-out: all group-singing, all the time.

— Robin Pecknold

Some artists can work under one guise, whether it's a name or a band or doing film soundtracks, put all of their…

— Mike Patton

I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer.…

— Brian Wilson

I've grown a lot as a singer and a songwriter, but also as a person. I communicate better with my band, and…

— Joel Madden

But then when he left, I realized that it was harder to write songs and feel spiritually connected to art and music…

— Anthony Kiedis

I don't play a lot of instruments so when it comes to the song writing process I don't have a lot to…

— Barry Kerch

I really believed music was going to be a big part of my future, and that's why I took a truck driving…

— Danny Gokey

I write music. I'm in a band.

— Jamie Campbell Bower

The banjo am the instrument for me.

— Anonymous

When you write on the road, you are restricted to the instruments around you, whereas in the studio, you can plug anything…

— Ted Dwane

I love being one of the musicians in the back. The light is on the singer and Im in the band. I…

— Marion Cotillard

I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear.

— Levon Helm

I love music, but can't hold a note in a bucket. I can't sing, can't play an instrument.

— Zoya Akhtar

We've gotten better at shooting down routine material or stuff we feel like we've done better in the past. Getting different people…

— Bent Saether

Music- what a powerful instrument, what a mighty weapon!

— Anonymous

Singing is a lover's thing.

— Saint Augustine

At every show, I pray with my band. It's a big thing.

— Jessie Reyez

It was quite unusual to use the recorder as a concert instrument. But my mother, a pianist, actually helped me a lot…

— Michala Petri

Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for…

— Walter Becker

I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in…

— Chad Smith

Nothing like seeing the genesis of the relationship between an instrument and a child.

— Keith Urban