Music making Quotes · Page 27

I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.

— Dolly Parton

To me, I'm for a band whose forefront is the music

— Phil Anselmo

I'm definitely not in a band to convince anyone I can sing.

— Joe Casey

On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several.

— Paul Gauguin

Some guys dig ditches, I have a band. It's what I do

— Woody Herman

Of nothing but me I sing, lacking another song.

— John Updike

“You're like a band-aid that is slowly ripping off, and I'm still wounded!”

— Ahmed Mostafa

I like going around everywhere and singing to people.

— Mason Ramsey

I always compare our music to a race car team. I told the band, 'You build the right car and I'll drive…

— Steve Harwell

Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock

— Nick Mason

I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential.

— Yannis Philippakis

I've been performing since I came out of the womb. I've been dancing and singing since I was a toddler. Acting seemed…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano - something about bringing this instrument into your…

— Zeena Parkins

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

— Janel Parrish

Life is a guy trying to play a violin solo in public, while learning the music and his instrument at the same…

— Joseph Campbell

One of the things that the Grateful Dead did, way back when, was we spent a lot of time just turning each…

— Bob Weir

I'm a drummer. I've been playing since I was three. I was in college bands when I was in elementary school: you'd…

— AraabMuzik

I had a band called the Sound Of Love, and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played…

— Mac DeMarco

See, I have to do my best because I am not as glamorous or as well-equipped like a Beyonce Knowles or Michael…

— Sonu Nigam

For fun, I love to play the drums... poorly. I have a band, a bunch of theater nerds - we got together,…

— William Jackson Harper

A lot of bands are still just bands that artists ask to get involved, but a lot of artists are using sound…

— Brian Chippendale

I actually prefer to hear small groups of instruments. Orchestras seem to lack a texture for me, or variety of texture. There's…

— Stephin Merritt

I tend to want to form bands and then create new music within them. Queen was an exception, and we joined forces…

— Paul Rodgers

I always feel I need to do well regardless of the level of the band.

— Floor Jansen

No, I'm never confident with what I do, particularly playing and singing!

— Amy Macdonald

The whole thing with eastern music and instruments, I love all that stuff.

— Paul Weller

You don't have to be in a rock band to write your own music.

— Jade Thirlwall

My singing is inspirational. When I sing, the people around me sing louder.

— Rock Cowles

I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear.

— Kevin Richardson

I think I just really, really love singing.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

I'm so crazy about making albums and singing and dancing.

— Jake Shears

I have seen the future of pop music and it is a band called Queen.

— Jac Holzman

There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high

— Neil Young

I like the music that I sing, cos I, like, feel it more.

— Courtney Hadwin

Playback singing has always been my dream.

— Meghana Raj

I play in a band called 'Moi non plus' with some friends.

— Pihla Viitala

Oh, I know I can sing. What I really want to be is an actress.

— Jay Presson Allen

“That which removes the egoism and 'my-ness' is the true instrument.”

— Dada Bhagwan

An auditory scenario for the players to act out with their instruments.

— Elliott Carter