Music making Quotes · Page 205

I can't deny that Eric Clapton's and Eddie Van Halen's lead stuff has influenced a stack of people, but for me, it's…

— Angus Young

I was about 18 when I started making music, making beats. My mindset was totally different.

— Skepta

I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there,…

— Vanessa Morgan

I would rather write songs and then practice with the band. Just the band camaraderie is awesome and then writing music and…

— Sam McCandless

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

— Anonymous

Get to the point where the songs sum it all up, and creatively, I'm just like, 'This is it.' I've also learned…

— Big K.R.I.T

It isn't the instrument that influences High-Minded or Low-Minded; it's the quality of Mind itself.

— Cynthia Ozick

I'm definitely a singer, but I play. I write music too, but it's all coming from the same source. I have never…

— Erik Hassle

I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds…

— Bill Bruford

I just sing. You have to use it.

— Aaron Neville

“Sensuality is essentially the only instrument I know how play best, but with a listener who understands nothing or does not wish…

— Lebo Grand

I think the most note-worthy part is that Stella [Mozgawa] had joined the band two weeks before we started recording, so that…

— Theresa Wayman

I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too.

— Corey Haim

“Ripping the Band-Aid off quickly” is”

— Patrick Lencioni

You can either sing or you can't. And I'm one of the can'ts.

— Steph McGovern

Not everybody's a great singer, but people can get better at singing. There's great singing teachers out there. It's a muscle, you…

— Luke Evans

“Too many talented people string and unstring their instruments without ever playing their music.”

— Ken Standley

Just because you have developed the craft on your instrument doesn't mean that you don't have the ability to be expressive emotionally…

— John Petrucci

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

What happens in the band room stays in the band room.

— John Green

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

— Richard Thompson

“The Supper is still singing.”

— Cressida Cowell

Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise…

— Caroline Corr

The violin sings.

— Joshua Bell

I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably…

— Syd