Music making Quotes · Page 30

Sing, that's the most powerful weapon you have.

— Gerard Way

I sing because I’ve forgotten how to scream.

— Harry Connick, Jr

You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.

— Elvis Costello

Music comes from the musician, not the instrument.

— Victor Wooten

I just wanted to keep growing and touring with my band.

— Trombone Shorty

If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.

— Robin Trower

The best band in the world is Queen, definitely.

— Anonymous

Music-making as a means of getting money is hell

— Gustav Holst

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and…

— Johann Sebastian Bach

Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band.

— Don Henley

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

— Thomas Browne

I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.

— Renee Fleming

Acting, I love it and I feel that I'm good at it, but the thing that makes me feel most alive is…

— Taryn Manning

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

— James Blunt

Whether you are out in the world, or you're at home, you are simply an instrument of God's love in your universe.

— Harold Klemp

I love how you and I have a beautiful thing, dinners on the moon so we can hear the angels sing. Their…

— Nader

Coming from a dance background, I was in competitions every single weekend, so I've been put on the spot since I was…

— Tate McRae

I'm making music for people to have fun and party to. I'm also making real music as well. I'm making a lot…

— Murda Beatz

We drummers all know that our mother's heartbeat was the first instrument we heard. As a race, we've all been trying to…

— John Densmore

I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.…

— Billy Joel

Even if you have one band that's your favorite in the whole world, don't listen to only that band. There's a lot…

— Josh Freese

The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on…

— Serj Tankian

Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss." "What?" I ask. "The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution…

— Suzanne Collins

I never took singing lessons. I guess, I feel comfortable with it, but I do not feel like a singer. I never…

— Jack Johnson

It's so nice to have a band name you don't have to explain.

— Carrie Brownstein

If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that.

— Martin Freeman

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

— David Johansen

Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life.

— GRiZ

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

— Anonymous

I'm always with my band; they're my best friends.

— Sigrid

myself ... is merely an instrument to connect life and a myth

— Anais Nin

I was writing songs by 12 and had a band by 14.

— Jon Pardi

I can't sing anything other than country!

— Joe Nichols

The sarangi, the ney flute are pretty ancient instruments.

— Howard Shore

There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.

— Park Chan-wook

I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.

— Noel Redding

“The people around you are the instruments that God will use to help you”

— Sunday Adelaja

When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.

— Shirley Bassey

I was even more country in my college-band days.

— Jon Pardi

The camera is not the instrument. People are always the instrument.

— George Stevens